The sailboat with the yellow stripes on its sails drifted across the lake.

Question

The sailboat with the yellow stripes on its sails drifted across the lake.

Which of the following is the subject of the sentence?

(1 point)
Responses

sails
sails

lake
lake

sailboat
sailboat

stripes

Answer 1

Which sentence displays correct subject-verb agreement?(1 point)

Responses

The people in the audience stand as the show ends.
The people in the audience stand as the show ends.

The dialogue spoken by the actors make the crowd roar with laughter.
The dialogue spoken by the actors make the crowd roar with laughter.

The helpers working behind the stage comes out, too!
The helpers working behind the stage comes out, too!

The actors in the play returns to take another bow.

Answer 2

The people in the audience stand as the show ends.

Answer 3

The subject of the sentence is "sailboat".

Answer 4

To determine the subject of a sentence, we need to identify the noun or pronoun that the sentence is mainly about. In this sentence, the subject is "the sailboat with the yellow stripes on its sails." The sailboat is the main focus of the sentence, so the correct answer is "sailboat."