Subjects Tutorial

What two things do you need to make a sentence?

• Subject

• Predicate

• Banana

• Transition Word

What is the subject of a sentence?

• The action in the sentence.

• What is having the action done to it.

• The noun or pronoun that is doing the action or that the sentence is about.

• Where the sentence is taking place.

What is the subject of the sentence: I was born on a full moon.

• I

• was born

• on

• a full moon

What is the subject of the sentence: The elephant threw peanuts at the clown.

• the clown

• peanuts

• threw

• The elephant

What is the subject of the sentence: Are these brownies for the party?

• for

• these brownies

• are

• the party

The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that is (a)   the action.

The object of the sentence is the noun or pronoun having the action ____ __ __.

(a)  

In the sentence: I honked my horn at Paul in the driveway.

Is Paul the subject (doing the action) or the object (having the action done to him)?

• SUBJECT

• OBJECT

In the sentence:

When I got home yesterday, Paul was asleep.

Is Paul the object (having the action done to him) or the subject (doing the action) of the sentence?

• SUBJECT

• OBJECT

Which of the sentences uses a single subject (not a compound subject)?

• I went to Eliza's house after school.

• The cookies and cake were yummy.

• You and Tyler need to stop fighting.