Identifying Subjects

Identify the subject in each of the following sentences.

For help with this exercise, see chapter 21 of Real Essays 5e.

Example

  1. In the summertime, theaters play lots of movies with expensive special effects.
    1. summertime
    2. theaters
    3. expensive
    4. play
  1. Question 1.11

    The Perfect Storm is a movie starring George Clooney.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  2. Question 1.12

    Before that, it was a best-selling book.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  3. Question 1.13

    The book traces the true story of a fishing boat named the Andrea Gail.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  4. Question 1.14

    No one really knows what happened to the Andrea Gail.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  5. Question 1.15

    The “perfect storm” was actually three storms that converged at one point.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  6. Question 1.16

    The Andrea Gail got caught in the middle of the three storms and never really had a chance.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  7. Question 1.17

    Her sister boat, the Hannah Boden, was located six hundred miles away from the Andrea Gail.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  8. Question 1.18

    Warning messages about the weather were sent from the Andrea Gail to the Hannah Boden.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  9. Question 1.19

    The crew of the Hannah Boden could prepare the boat for the coming storm.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.

  10. Question 1.20

    The Andrea Gail was able to save her sister boat, but not herself.

    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.