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What are they?
Simple Subjects
Complete Subjects
100
What two things must every sentence have?
A subject and a verb.
100
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: The hawk perched high in a tree.
hawk
100

The complete subject in this sentence is: the boy with the beautiful hair is sad today

What is the boy with the beautiful hair

200

the subject is?

what is who or what the sentence is about?

200
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Many sharks migrate up the Florida coast each year.
sharks
200

the complete subject in this sentence is: The tall red house is haunted by its previous owners.

what is the tall red house

300

The verb in a sentence is?

What is the action/ what is happening to the subject?

300
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: The little, spotted dog wagged his tail because he was happy to see us.
dog
300
What is the complete subject in the sentence below? My new dog ripped my shoes to shreds!
My new dog...
400
Fill in the blank: The _____ _____ consists of all of the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
Complete Subject
400
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Sarah's favorite breakfast cereal was on sale this week.
cereal
400
What is the complete predicate in the sentence below? My cousin ruined his laptop yesterday.
...ruined his laptop yesterday...
500

How is a complete subject different from a simple subject?

What is the simple subject talks about who or what the sentence is about while the complete subject talks about everything about who ar what the sentence is about?

500
the first Prime Minister of Jamaica is Sir Alexander Bustamante

What is Prime Minister?

500

the complete subject in this sentence is: the naughty brown shaggy puppy chewed up my shoes.

what is the naughty brown shaggy puppy?