Question

[Will give medals and fan] [8th Grade GUM]Which best describes the underlined words in this sentence?

[Shorts] and blue [T-shirts] with the college name were the only clothing on sale.



A.
simple subject


B.
compound subject


C.
complete subject

Answer 1

The words Shorts and T-shirts are underlined

Answer 2

So we're dealing with identifying the type of subject these words are. The fact that they are subjects is given, meaning you need only look at the relationship between the two words. So to solve this, we essentially examine every option given. What is a simple subject?

Answer 3

It's a term for a single word which is the subject of the verb

Answer 4

Right. There is more than one term as a subject, so this couldn't be a simple subject. How about a complete subject?

Answer 5

A person or something doing the verb with all the modifiers?

Answer 6

That's right. The complete subject is the simple subject and all words that modify it or tell whom or what the sentence is about. So based on the words underlined, would this be a complete subject?

Answer 7

I don' really think so bu I'm not sure if I'm right but I don't think it would be because how a Complete subject is something or what doing the verb with all the stuff that modify.

Answer 8

Don't*

Answer 9

This wouldn't be a complete subject. The complete subject is very rarely one or two words in a sentence of this complexity as it includes the modifying words. So in this case the complete subject would be "Shorts and blue T-shirts with the college name." So which option do we have left and what is its definition?

Answer 10

A compound subject

Answer 11

So since this is our only option left, it should be the correct one. but just to make sure, we should match the definition to the situation given. What is a compound subject?

Answer 12

A compound Subject is where is a type of subject two or more individual noun phrases are coordinated to form a single,larger noun phrase.

Answer 13

Ok I messed up slightly. I forgot that the compound subject is all the words, much like a complete subject. So the real answer we should be investigating would be simple subject. The simple subject is just the regular subject stripped of modifiers, not a single word.

Answer 14

Oh ok

Answer 15

So what would this situation be?

Answer 16

I'm not sure but if I had to choose I would probably say Simple Subject

Answer 17

That should be the correct answer.

Answer 18

Thank you

Answer 19

No problem :)