Use the sentence to answer the 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
lake
lake
stripes
stripes
sails
sails
sailboat
sailboat
The subject of the sentence is "sailboat."
To identify the subject of a sentence, you need to identify the noun or pronoun that is performing the action or being described in the sentence. In this case, the subject is the noun that the sentence is primarily about.
In the sentence "The sailboat with the yellow stripes on its sails drifted across the lake," the subject is "sailboat," as it is the noun that the sentence is primarily focused on. The sailboat is the thing that is performing the action of drifting across the lake. So the answer is: sailboat.