dentify the complete subject in the following sentence. Many of the candidates spoke at the forum last night. A. Many B. the forum C. Many of the candidates D. candidates

The correct answer is C. Many of the candidates.

The subject in a sentence is the noun or pronoun that is doing or being something. The verb expresses the action that the subject is doing or being. I can be a simple subject, a complete subject and a compund subject.

A simple subject is only a noun or pronoun. A complete subject includes all the modifiers. A compound subject includes more than one subject--for example, when there are two people performing an action.

In this sentence, the candidates are the ones who are speaking, so the simple subject is "candidates" and the complete subject is "Many of the candidates".

The correct answer is option C. Therefore, the complete subject in the sentence "many of the candidates spoke at the forum last night", would be: many of the candidates.

Explanation

The subject of a sentence is always the person, thing, idea or place that is doing something or being. In this case, the people who are doing an action are many of the candidates.