Read the Subjects graphic to learn more about sentences.

• A sentence tells a complete thought. It has a naming part and an action part.
• The subject is the naming part of a sentence.
• The subject tells who or what does or did something. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
• The subject can be one word or more than one word. (Example: The brothers race on the beach; the subject is The brothers.)

When trying to determine what the subject of the sentence is, I ask myself: Who or what does something?

Examples:

• Cats purr.
• The tall clown smiled.
• The big brown bear stands.