can anyone help me? complete subject vs simple subject.

[kiwik]

I never studied this stuff at school. It is Lesson 4B, part B of EiW Level 3. The answers seem to have gone astray as what we think are the answers are listed in under 8B. But I don't get this,

 

Sentence.

Mr Thompson's job requires a lot of concentration.

 

Complete subject

Mr Thompson's job (this makes sense)

 

Simple subject. The table we are looking at says it is "Mr Thompson" which is what ds7 said. I think if dog is the simple subject of "John's dog" then job should be the simple subject of "Mr Thompson's job".

 

Can anyone clarify?

 

TIA

[annamlane]

The simple subject definitely is "job."  -  What requires a lot of concentration?  job  

 

"Mr. Thompson's" is a possessive noun functioning as an adjective.  It modifies "job."  - Whose job?  Mr. Thompson's job

 

I hope that helps.

 

 

 

 

[kiwik]

It does. I thought it was and we aren't sure that the table in 8b is the one that should be in 4b, just that it certainly doesn't belong where it is. I will make a list to send them at the end.

 

Glad that I am learning something. I think our total grammar instruction consisted of noun, verb, adjective, adverb and past and present tense.

[Ohdanigirl]

The simple subject definitely is "job." - What requires a lot of concentration? job

 

"Mr. Thompson's" is a possessive noun functioning as an adjective. It modifies "job." - Whose job? Mr. Thompson's job

 

I hope that helps.

^^^^^ This ^^^^^

 

Op, I think many of us had a similar experience with our grammar education. The beauty of homeschool is that you learn new things almost daily. ;)

[kiwik]

Well I always wanted to learn grammar. I'm not too sure ds7 cares at this point but hopefully he will later.