Identify Subject Worksheet
This identify subject worksheet has 2nd Grade students write the complete subject of four sentences, then label four more as WHO or WHAT, with an answer key for fast checking.
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Description
Every sentence has two jobs to fill, and the first one is the subject — the part that names who or what the sentence is about. Second graders can usually point at it long before they can name it, and this identify subject worksheet is built to close that gap. Students read four short sentences, find the complete subject in each one, and write it on the line underneath. A worked example sits at the top of the page, so the very first thing a child sees is the move they are being asked to make: The little bird sang a song. becomes The little bird.
The second half of the page takes the same idea one step further. Four subjects are printed on their own, and students decide whether each one tells about a WHO or a WHAT — the school nurse and my two cousins name people, while the yellow bus and the picnic table name things. That single sorting step is what turns subject-finding from a copying task into real thinking about sentence structure, and it is the reason this 2nd grade subject and predicate worksheet works as a check as well as a practice page.
What’s Included
- 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
- Answer key
- A worked example, 4 write-the-subject sentences and 4 WHO or WHAT items
Three things make this identify subject worksheet worth the ten minutes it takes. First, students write the whole subject instead of underlining one noun, so they practice seeing the complete subject rather than hunting for a single word. Second, every writing line on the page is the same length, so the layout never hints at which answer is longer or shorter than the others. Third, the WHO and WHAT section gives students a plain, checkable vocabulary for talking about subjects, which is exactly the language a grammar test will use.
Ways to Use It
- Read the example aloud together before students begin working on their own.
- Ask students to say the predicate out loud after they write each subject.
- Use the WHO or WHAT items as a quick exit ticket at the end of a grammar lesson.
- Have students write one new sentence and trade papers to find each other’s subjects.
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