##  [Review exercise: The subject](/hypergrammar-2/review-the-subject)

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Try to determine the [simple subject](subject-and-predicate#simpsupr) (disregarding any [modifiers](modifiers)) in the following [sentences](subject-and-predicate), then check your answer to see if it is correct.

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1\. His terror of spiders kept him out of the dark basement.

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## Answer

**Question:** His terror of spiders kept him out of the dark basement. **Answer:** *Terror* is the simple subject because it answers the question *what kept?* The adjective *his* and the phrase *of spiders* are modifying the simple subject *terror*.

2\. There will be three concerts in the arts centre tonight.

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## Answer

**Question:** There will be three concerts in the arts centre tonight. **Answer:** *Concerts* is the simple subject because it answers the question *what will be?* Remember that *there* is merely signalling that the true [subject](subject-and-predicate#subject) will follow.

3\. Would you willingly exchange half your chocolate bar for a bag of chips?

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## Answer

**Question:** Would you willingly exchange half your chocolate bar for a bag of chips? **Answer:** The pronoun *you* is the simple subject of the sentence because it answers the question *who would exchange?*

4\. Despite the storm’s destructiveness, the ship, with its novice crew, might have survived in more experienced hands.

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## Answer

**Question:** Despite the storm’s destructiveness, the ship, with its novice crew, might have survived in more experienced hands. **Answer:** The noun *ship* is the simple subject because it answers the question *what might have survived?* The phrase *with its novice crew* modifies the simple subject *ship*.

5\. After the movie, Emma and her brother bought a birthday present for their mother.

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## Answer

**Question:** After the movie, Emma and her brother bought a birthday present for their mother. **Answer:** *Emma* and *brother* form the simple subject because they answer the question *who bought?* This sentence has a [compound subject](subject-and-predicate#compoundsubject).

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