I don't understand the "subject" in sentences.?

Question

Okay so i'm doing online English || and i have to find the subject in inverted sentences. I keep failing this quiz i take. And i watch the video over and over but it's no help. Could someone tell me what the subjects are in these sentences. And i know someone will probably say do your own work, but I've tried and i googled tons of stuff but nothing helps me.

1. Does your sister baby-sit for the Martins?
2. May I spend the money on a new tennis racket?
3. Down this narrow street can be found Betsy Ross's house.
4. Here stood Abraham Lincolns first home.
5. Down the stairs rushed the girl with her school books.
6. Why didn't you bring a note for your absence?
7. Does our vacation include the day of Washington's Birthday?
8. From the bakery came the mouthwatering smell of fresh bread.
9. Seldom have I seen such a colorful sunset!
10. Always put a collar with identification tags on your dog.

Answer 1

Vanessa,

If you turn these sentences into statements rather than questions, I think you'll see the subject. Who is doing the action? Also, whenever you see a phrase starting with a preposition such as "on" or "for", the noun will usually be the object of the sentence, not the subject.



1. Your sister babys sits for the Martins.

► The subject is sister. The verb is sits. Baby is an adverb describing sits. For the Martins is an object phrase. Martins is the object of the sentence.



2. I may spend the money on a new tennis racket.

► I is the subject. Spend is the verb. On a new tennis racket is the object phrase. Racket is the object of the sentence. Tennis is an adjective describing racket.



3. Betsy Ross's house can be found down the street.

► House is the subject. Betsy Ross's is an adjective describing the house. Can be found is the verb. Down the street is an object phrase starting with the preposition down.



4. Abraham Lincoln's first home stood here.

► Home is the subject. Abraham Lincoln's and first are both adjectives describing the home. Stood is the verb. Here is the adverb describing stood; where the home stood. It stood here.



5. The girl rushed down the stairs with her school books.

► Who is doing the action? The girl is. What did she do? She rushed. Where did she rush? Down the stairs. With her school books is an object phrase starting with the preposition "with".



6. You did not bring a note for your absence.

► Who is doing the action. You is doing the action. What is the action? Bring a note. The object phrase is for your absence. The object of the sentence is absence.



7. Our vacation does include the day of Washington's Birthday.

► Vacation is the subject. Does include in the verb. Of Washington's Birthday is the object phrase starting with the preposition "of" and ending with birthday, which is the object of the sentence.



8. The mouthwatering smell of fresh bread came from the bakery.

► Smell is the subject. Mouthwatering is an adjective describing smell. This sentence has two prepositional phrases, of fresh bread came and from the bakery. Remember the subject of the sentence comes before the preposition.



9. I have seldom seen such a colorful sunset!

► I is the subject. Have seen is the verb. I saw who or what? I saw a sunset. Therefore sunset in the object of the sentence.



10. [You] Always put a collar with identification tags on your dog. You is the implied subject. Put is the verb. There are two prepositional phrases here: With identification tags and on your dog. Remember that the subject always comes before the prepositions.

Answer 2

To find the subject, maybe it would help you to find the verb. The person, place or thing that is "doing" the action is the subject of the sentence.



1. This first one is actually a tricky one because most people think that the verb is baby-sit, when actually the verb is does. Think of this one like this: "Sister does baby-sit for the Martins" Or ask yourself the question, "Who does?" And the answer would be, "sister" which means sister is the subject.



2. In your head, shorten this to "I spend the money." I is the suject because I is the one spending the money. "On a new tennis racket" is a preposition. The subject of the sentence will NEVER be in a preposition. There are a ton of prepositions, but some common ones are "on, over, for, down, above, & up." Think of a preposition as "before the position." If you want to say that you're going to be on a boat, "on" is the word that come before the position which is "boat." I hope that makes sense.



3. Shorten this to "Betsy Ross's house can be found." "Down this narrow street" is just another preposition like I just told you about. "Betsy Ross" isn't the subject even though it may seem like it since she's a person. You could replace "Betsy Ross" with the word "The" and it would still make sense. "THE house can be found." What can be? HOUSE can be, so house is the subject.



4. Abraham Lincoln's first home stood here. What STOOD? The home stood, so "home" is the subject.



5. The girl rushed down the stairs with her books. "down the stairs" and "with her books" are both prepositions, so ignore them. All you have left is "The girl rushed." Who rushed? Girl, so girl is your subject.



Now, you do the last 5 and I'll check them for you and help you with any questions.

Answer 3

Ok Vanessa, so the subject of the sentence is what essentially it is about, or in other words what the action word is doing the action to. So the easiest way to figure this out is take the sentence: Does your sister babysit for the Martins? remove the person in the sentence, (your sister) and replace it with who. so: who babysits for the Martins? the answer is your sister and therefore she is the subject.



2. spend is your verb, and following is the money. So: May i spend what on the racket? Money.

3. Betsy Ross' house.

4. lincoln's first home.

5. the girl

6. a note

7. vacation

8. the mouthwatering smell

9. a colorful sunset

10. collar.



Send me a message if you need more help.

Answer 4

The subject here is difficult because in most of these there are more than one



The 'subject' is essentially what the sentence is about.



If I said 'some cats are fat and some are skinny' the subject would be cats



I would be inclined to go with the first subject in each sentence



These are poor sentences, the subject of a sentence should be obvious, and here it isn't.



Question 8 tells me that this quiz was made by an American, and they don't really speak english.





1, Your Sister

2,Money

3,Betsy Ross's house

4,Abraham Lincoln's First home

5,School books

6, Absence

7,Washington's Birthday

8,Fresh Bread

9,Sunset

10,Dog

Answer 5

OK To help you in the future. The subject will be a noun or pronoun. It will be the person or thing that performs the main verb. Identify the main verb, work out who is doing it and that will be your subject, so:

1. Main verb? - Baby sit.Who baby sits? your sister. (subject)

2. Main verb? - spend. Who spends? I (subject)

3. Main verb? - can be found. What can be found? Betsy's house. (subject)

4. Main verb? - stood. What stood? Abraham Lincoln's first house.

5. Main verb? rushed.. - Who rushed? the girl.

6. Main verb? didn't bring - Who didn't bring? you.

7. Main verb? does include. What does include? Our vacation.

8. Main verb? came. What came? The (mouthwatering) smell

9. Main verb? Have seen. Who have seen? I

10 Main verb ? put.Who put(s)? Implied in this sentence. - you.



Hope this helps

Answer 6

Mouth Watering Sentence

Answer 7

1. sister

2. I

3. house

4. home

5. girl

6. you

7. vacation

8.smell

9. I

10. Collar



Try turning the sentences so that they're easier to understand. Usually the subject is the pro or proper noun (like she, I , Mom,etc). If there's more than one pro/proper noun, then it is usually the first that is the subject. The subject is what the narrator is talking about. for example, if i were to say " I need to go to the mall to buy some jeans" I would be the subject. The subjects cant be mall or jeans, though they are nouns, because that's not what i'm talking about. im talking about my self, the mall is where and jeans are what i need. Simply put, subjects aren't what's related to any prepositions(to,by,etc) words like jeans and mall, that aren't the subjects in this sentence, are usually after the preposition.(which is in what is called tthe prepositional phrase)





I hope that wasn't too confusing...good luck!

Answer 8

1. sister

2. I

3. Betsy Ross's house

4. Abraham Lincoln's first home

5. the girl

and so on.. Just re-phrase the sentences.

For example in #1.. Instead of "Does your sister baby-sit for the Martins?" change it to.. "Your sister does baby-sit for the Martins?" and theres the answer.

Answer 9

1. Who baby sits?

2. Who wants to spend the money?

~~~It helps me to find the verb first then you can find the subject.

Collar is the subject in 10 (put what? collar).

Answer 10

Yeah, its a bit funny. Try: I learned business management skills related to commercial organizations during my first Bachelor of Science in Cxxx degree in Computer Science and Business administration class. Through much hard work and diligence, I was humbly awarded honours within this degree.

Answer 11

1. sister

2. I

3. Betsy Ross's

4. Abraham Lincolns

5. girl

6. you

7. our

8. ????

9. I

10. your

Answer 12

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