Read the following sentences.
1) How many U.S. presidents can you name? (2) In the year 2000, U.S. citizens elected the 43rd president. (3) Some presidents were elected more than once. (4) Franklin Roosevelt, for example, was elected to four terms in office. (5) Many citizens would have given him their vote again, because he was so popular.
Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 1, the underlined word is ______.
(1 point)
a subject
a subject
a predicate
a predicate
an indirect object
an indirect object
none of the above
The underlined word in sentence 1 is a subject.
In sentence 1, the underlined word is "How many U.S. presidents can you name?" is a subject.
To determine the underlined word in sentence 1, we need to refer to the passage given. Sentence 1 reads, "How many U.S. presidents can you name?" The underlined word in this sentence is "you." Let's check the options to see which one corresponds with "you."
a) subject
b) predicate
c) indirect object
d) none of the above
In this sentence, "you" is being used as the subject of the verb "can name." Therefore, the correct answer is option a) subject.