Question

Identify the subject of the following sentence:
We need a visionary to reconcile the contradictory pulls of the two.
(a)a visionary
(b)we
(c)We need a visionary
(d)the contradictory pulls

Answer 1

Hint: Read the given sentence and try to understand what it is trying to convey. Now point out what the sentence is about and what information it is conveying about that particular topic, this will give you the idea of the subject and predicate respectively.

Complete answer: Subject is (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated.
In the given question, we have to find out which of the options given to us includes the subject in the sentence. The subject is a noun that is always being or doing something.
Let us thus analyze the options given to us in this question -
Option (a.), 'a visionary', refers to a noun that is not doing or being something.
Therefore, option (a.) is incorrect as this is the object of the sentence.
Option (b.), ‘we', refers to the subject in the sentence that is ‘needing’ something, therefore, option (b.) ‘we’ is correct.
Option (c.), ‘We need a visionary', refers to an independent clause.
Therefore, option (c.) is incorrect as we need the subject of the given sentence and not an independent clause.
Option (d.), ‘the contradictory pulls', refers to an adverb phrase.
Therefore, option (d.) is incorrect as we need the subject of the given sentence and not an independent clause.

Note: In this question, it will be helpful for the student to recall the concept of the object in a sentence. An object is (grammar) a constituent that is acted upon. It is the person, thing, or place that receives the action.