Subject and Subject: Using Compound Subjects

Summary
Learning to use simple, compound subjects.

Objectives
• Define and give examples of compound subjects.

• Students underline compound subjects in a list of sentences.

• A list of questions is given for review. Students mark each underlined subject as either simple or compound.

Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade

Excerpt
Every sentence must have a subject. Subjects answer the question ? who or what is the sentence about? Subjects come from two parts of speech ? nouns or pronouns. Subjects can be either simple or complete.

The simple subject is the main word or words in a complete subject.

Amelia, the girl who lives on the corner, walks her dog every day.
Simple subject ? Amelia

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