Complete and Simple Subjects Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.4.1.F

Core Standard
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If you see a verb in a sentence, there has to be a subject sneaking around in there too. The subject is really the entire focus of any sentence. A simple subject is just the word or words that signify what or whom is the topic of the sentence. The complete subject is basically the simple sentence and any associated modifiers. These worksheets will start off with having you identify complete and simple subjects and then you will progress to editing and revising sentences.

Complete and Simple Subjects Worksheets To Print:

Find the Complete Subject – Locking on is the easy part.

Just The Work – You will need to put a lot of thought into these.

Two Sentence Parts – What parts are they for this one?

Highlight It – Find that subject!

Simple Subjects – Too simple for some to realize that they are there.

Labelling It – Get your label gun ready.

The Gold Standard – Everything else should be based on this.

Part Focus – Take a part or whole that makes it all work.

Break It Down – Separate these things into parts.

Subject-Verb Agreement – Find the two that match it up.

More Simple Subjects – You could always use more work on these.

Locating Subject-Verb Agreement – A tough skill for some.

Underline and Circle – This kind of reminds me of the game "Battleship".

Where They Meet – Find the two that pair up perfectly to see where it should be.

CS or SS – What does the whole thing mean.

Tune It In – Where do we take two things and make them into one.

2 Parter – More than just one activity.

Agreeing Verbs – There are several choices you have here.

It's Simple – It can also be complex for kids to work with this.

Break It Down – Cut it down and make it real.

Complete It – Fill everything that you have to do.

Read Each – Take your time here.

Complete and Simple – Finish this up and make it easy for everyone.

In The Sentence – Where is the hole that we are looking for?

What are the Difference between the Complete and Simple Subjects?


The simple subject is well simple! It just refers to the whom or what of the sentence only. This does not include any modifiers at all. For example: "Mark won the foot race." In this example Mark is the simple subject. He is the whom of the sentence. Some students will often fall off of the scent of the simple subject in this example because there is the presence of a secondary topic (the race). If you remind students that when we are looking for the basic subject of the sentence, we need to focus on finding out who or what is doing the action of the verb.


The complete subject is a bit more tricky. It is not only the whom or what of a sentence, but also includes any of the modifiers that may be present. Let's take a crack at with this example sentence: "The handsome young man dove into the pool." To locate the complete subject here, we need to find who is performing the action (verb) and any associated modifiers. In this case, the "man" is performing the action and the modifiers associated with him are handsome and young. So the complete subject would be "The handsome young man".


One similarity between complete and simple subjects is that they will never be located within a prepositional phrase. They can be placed near a subject, but a subject never appears within them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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