What is the definition of the simple subject?

Answer 1

• the simple subject of a sentence tells what the sentence is about.
• example:the tree branch was about to break. tree was the simple subject

Answer 2

The simple subject is the one word that identifies the subject; for example:

Lunch was good. (the simple subject is 'lunch')

The complimentary lunch was good. (the simple subject is 'lunch'; the complete subject is 'the complimentary lunch')

Answer 3

A simple subject is the person or thing doing the action of the verb.

Example:

The boy is day dreaming.

In this sentence, the boy is the person doing the action ( day dreaming ). The boy is the simple subject.

Example:

The big dog ate the rat.

The dog ate. The dog is the simple subject.

Answer 4

a simple subject is....is built around one or more nouns or pronouns. that is where it got its name simple subject.Love, ML

Answer 5

The subject of a sentence is a noun or a noun phrase. The subject goes before the verb. When we have a simple subject, there is only one noun in the subject position.

eg The dog chased the cat. dog is a noun, there is only one noun in the subject position, this is a simple subject

He chased the dog. He is a pronoun, there is only one noun in the subject position, this is a simple subject.

My sister and her husband are arriving to night. sister and husband are the nouns in the subject position, this is not a simple subject

Answer 6

its whom or what the person,thing,or place its talking about.