Use the sentence to answer the question.

Question

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

stripes
stripes

lake
lake

sailboat
sailboat

sails

Answer 1

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

Responses

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

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

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

The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that performs the action or is being described. In this sentence, "The sailboat with the yellow stripes on its sails drifted across the lake," the subject is "sailboat" because it is the noun that is performing the action of drifting across the lake. Therefore, the correct answer is "sailboat."