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Recognize the different types of subjects used in sentences

Every sentence must have a subject and predicate. The subject of a sentence is sometimes made up of several words which describe it in greater detail than a single word would. This is called a complete subject. If you boil down the complete subject to its bare minimum noun, then you would have the simple subject. If extra descriptive information is not given for the subject, then the complete and simple subjects are the same. This worksheet gives students practice in identifying both the complete and simple subjects of a sentence. Every sentence will have a complete subject made up of several words, but you can select between having simple or complex sentences.