Identifying Subjects and Prepositional Phrases

Elizabeth O'Brien from Grammar Revolution explains how to find the subject in sentences using sentence diagrams. She highlights that subjects are never in prepositional phrases and provides examples to illustrate this. The video includes tips on identifying prepositional phrases and analyzing sentences to find the subject. Viewers are encouraged to visit the Grammar Revolution website for more resources.

What is the main topic of the video presented by Elizabeth O'Brien?

• Understanding verb tenses

• Learning new vocabulary

• How to write essays

• Finding subjects in sentences

What do subjects in sentences tell us?

• Where the action takes place

• When the action occurs

• Whom or what the sentence is about

• Why the action happens

What is a prepositional phrase?

• A group of words that starts with a verb

• A group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

• A sentence that contains a subject and a verb

• A single word that describes an action

Which of the following is an example of a prepositional phrase?

• In the garden

• Running quickly

• The big house

• She sings

What should you do with prepositional phrases when identifying the subject of a sentence?

• Underline them

• Ignore them

• Cross them out

• Highlight them

In the sentence 'The students from the classrooms at the end of the hall were very noisy,' what is the subject?

• Classrooms

• Hall

• End

• Students

Why might 'students' be mistakenly identified as the subject in the sentence 'Each of the students in my class studies diligently'?

• Because it is the first noun in the sentence

• Because the sentence is about the students

• Because it is a proper noun

• Because it is a verb

What is the actual subject in the sentence 'Each of the students in my class studies diligently'?

• Each

• Students

• Studies

• Class

What is the key tip for identifying the subject of a sentence?

• The subject is always a proper noun

• The subject is always at the beginning of the sentence

• The subject is never in a prepositional phrase

• The subject is always a verb