Grade 8 · Lesson 7 — Finding the subject

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Ask the question, then answer. Subject: “Who or what is this about?”

How we did it together — keep looking at this

Birdishere.1Ask: Who or what is this about?2Try it — “bird” ✓ — so “bird” is a subject.Same steps every time. The marks stay.
Before you mark: One subject per sentence, always at the front.
  1. Find the subject.
    The boy ran fast.
    the subject in “The boy ran fast.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  2. Find the subject.
    My brother helps my dad.
    the subject in “My brother helps my dad.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  3. Find the subject.
    The tall man waited.
    the subject in “The tall man waited.”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  4. Find the subject.
    Poodle and What?
    the subject in “Poodle and What?”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  5. Find the subject.
    the beagle and I
    the subject in “the beagle and I”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
  6. Find the subject.
    teacher
    the subject in “teacher”
    Straightforward — the answer is the whole story.
Secure looks like: Finds the subject of a sentence with a compound subject and names both parts.
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