Simple, Complete, and Compound Subjects
What is a compound subject?
Compound subjects are two or more subjects that share the same verb.
What is the compound subject in the following sentence? Juan and Julian worked so hard on their project
Juan and Julian
What is the simple subject in the following sentence? A large number of swimmers competed in the race this year.
swimmers
What is a complete subject?
A complete subject contains all of the words that help to identify the main person, place, thing, or idea (noun) in the sentence.
What is a compound complex sentence?
Complex compound sentences include compound subjects and compound predicates.
What is the simple subject?
The simple subject is the main word in the complete subject.
What is the subject of a sentence?
The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about.
What is the complete subject in the following sentence? The tiny sea turtles turned instinctively toward the ocean.
The tiny sea turtles