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Subject/Predicate Lesson 006

Skills - Simple Subject

The simple subject of a sentence is the word which simply names what is talked about in the sentence.

Example - A blue chair stood near the door.

The word chair is the simple subject. The entire sentence is about it. "A blue" describes the chair. The words "stood near the door" tells where the chair was.

Sometimes there is more than one word in the simple subject, but usually not.

Example - George Washington was the first president.

The simple subject does not include the rest of the words in the complete subject. Look for a noun or pronoun. In the first example above, the complete subject is "A blue chair". The simple subject, "chair", is a noun (person, place or thing). If a pronoun takes the place of a noun, it can be a simple subject.

Example - It stood near the door.
Write down the word or words from the sentences
below that make up the Simple Subject.
1. The boy stood on a high bridge.
2. He looked across the valley.
3. The cherries ripened on the tree.
4. A dozen soldiers marched down the street.
5. Our basketball team won the game.

6. The small children were hungry and cold.
7. March usually brings stormy weather.
8. An old man with a white beard brought the toys.
9. This poem was written many years ago.
10. A verb must agree in number with its subject.
11. We saw a sailboat on the ocean.
12. Marie left her roller skates on the porch.
13. Abraham Lincoln was a great man.
14. Texas is the largest state in the Union.
15. The school children saluted the flag.

16. Four people were burned to death.

17. Milk is one of our best foods.

18. A good radio furnishes much entertainment.
19. Many rare old books were in the library.
20. American history is an interesting study.
21. The pupils colored the pictures with crayons.
22. Red and white flowers grew in the yard.
23. The old fort at St. Augustine is interesting.
24. Jack London wrote The Call of the Wild.

 
 
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