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.
Use the passage to answer the question.
In sentence 3, the underlined word is a/an _____.
(1 point)
Responses
subject
predicate
direct object
indirect object
The underlined word in sentence 3 is a subject.
In sentence 3, the underlined word "Some" is functioning as the subject.
To determine the answer to this question, first, let's identify the underlined word in sentence 3: "Some presidents were elected more than once." The underlined word is "presidents."
Now, let's analyze the options:
1) Subject: The subject of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that performs the action of the verb. In this case, "Some presidents" could be viewed as the subject of the sentence because they are the noun being referred to and they are performing the action of being elected.
2) Predicate: The predicate of a sentence includes the verb and all the information that follows it, providing more information about the subject. In this sentence, the entire phrase "were elected more than once" could be considered the predicate.
3) Direct object: The direct object receives the action of the verb directly. In this sentence, there is no direct object mentioned.
4) Indirect object: The indirect object receives the direct object and usually follows a verb that has both a direct and indirect object. In this sentence, there is no indirect object mentioned either.
Based on the analysis above, the correct answer is:
- (1 point) Subject.