Week 1 Grammar Activity/Analysis:
Instructions: under line the complete subject in each sentence below. then, write the simple subject.
1. Someone in this room is humming.
2. The inventor of scuba is Jacques Cousteau.
3. The natural satellite of Earth is the moon.
4. A tall, narrow bookcase would fit into my room
5. Our entire vacation was spent at a national park
6. The pioneers crossed the desert at night
7. The title of that poem is a single word
8. Roland Tombekai Dempster is one of my tavorite authors
9. These paper dolls were used in special ceremonies
10. Everyone in the class turned to the last stanza of the poem
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Answers & Comments
Answer:
COMPLETE SUBJECT
1. Someone in this room
2. The inventor of scuba
3. The natural satellite of Earth
4. A tall, narrow bookcase
5. Our entire vacation
6. The pioneers
7. The title of that poem
8. Roland Tombekai Dempster
9. These paper dolls
10. Everyone in the class
SIMPLE SUBJECT
1. Someone
2. Inventor
3. Satellite
4. Bookcase
5. Vacation
6. Pioneers
7. Poem
8. Roland Tombekai Dempster
9. Paper dolls
10. Everyone
Explanation:
The simple subject is a single word representing the subject without any of its modifiers or adjectives whereas a complete subject represents the subject along with all of its modifiers or adjectives.