Every complete sentence contains a subject. A subject is a word or phrase is a sentence that indicates the doer of action, the receiver of action in passive form, or which is described or identified in the sentence. The subject of a sentence can be a person, place, thing or an idea. To find the subject locate the verb and ask a question by placing “who” or “what” before it – the answer is the subject.
Ex: Kate runs very fast.
The verb in the above sentence is “runs”. Who runs? Kate runs. “Kate” is the subject of the sentence.
Look at the more examples below. Underlined are the subjects of the sentences.
Jimmy likes strawberries.
You are invited to tonight’s party.
My aunt is coming home.
In Imperative sentence (that give a command or order) the subject is always “you” that is understood rather than expressed.
Ex: Move out.
Stand up.
In the sentences which begin with “there” the actual subject comes after “there”.
Ex: There is a boy looking for this book.
The simple subject does the verb without any description.
Ex: The kitten drank all the milk kept in the bowl
In the above sentence kitten is the simple subject.
The complete subject is accompanied by the modifiers.
Ex: The big, hungry, black kitten drank all the milk kept in the bowl.
The kitten in the above sentence was big, hungry and black. So the complete subject is the “big, hungry, black kitten”.
A sentence may have a compound subject which is a simple subject consisting of more than one noun or pronoun.
Ex: His mother and he came to my house last night.
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