Question

Draw a single line under subjects and a double line under verbs. Cross out prepositional phrases as necessary to find the subjects. Many sentences contain multiple subjects and verbs.

1.Maria Sklodowka was born in 1867 in Warsaw in the country now known as Poland.

2.Her father was a mathematics and physics professor, and her mother managed a boarding school for girls.

3.Maria’s mother died in 1878 of complications from tuberculosis.

4.Maria attended a clandestine university where she learned about Dostoevsky and Karl Marx.

5.Maria briefly moved to Paris to be a governess and to help her sister; her sister repaid Maria several years later when she insisted that Maria move back to Paris.

6.While in Paris, Maria met Pierre Curie and, after a courtship, married him in 1895, becoming Marie Curie.

7.Marie and Pierre worked together on the study of radiation.

8.In 1903, Marie and Pierre were awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, making Marie the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize.

9.Pierre was killed in a wagon accident, and Marie began teaching at the Sorbonne.

10.When Marie was awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911 for chemistry, she became the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes in different disciplines.

Answer 1

Subject is underlined. Verbs are italicized.

1. Maria Sklodowka was born in 1867 in Warsaw in the country now known as Poland.

2. Her father was a mathematics and physics professor, and her mother managed a boarding school for girls

3. Maria’s mother died in 1878 of complications from tuberculosis.

4. Maria attended a clandestine university where she learned about Dostoevsky and Karl Marx.

5. Maria briefly moved to Paris to be a governess and to help her sister; her sister repaid Maria several years later when she insisted that Maria move back to Paris.

6.While in Paris, Maria met Pierre Curie and, after a courtship, married him in 1895, becoming Marie Curie.

7.Marie and Pierre worked together on the study of radiation.

8. In 1903, Marie and Pierre were awarded the Nobel Prize for physics, making Marie the first woman ever to win a Nobel Prize.

9. Pierre was killed in a wagon accident, and Marie began teaching at the Sorbonne.

10.When Marie was awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911 for chemistry, she became the only woman to win two Nobel Prizes in different disciplines.