Question

Identify the subject from the sentence given:

The postman liked to play carroms.

• A. The postman
• B. play
• C. carroms
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

The postman

Option A is correct. In a sentence, every verb must have a subject. If the verb expresses an action, then the subject is who or what does the action/verb. In the given sentence, the verb is "liked" and it is the "postman" who does the action. While "postman" is the simple subject, "The postman" is the complete subject (simple subject plus the modifiers).

Option B is incorrect. Here, "play" is part of an infinitive (to+verb) that functions as a direct object of the verb "liked".

Option C is incorrect as "to play carroms" functions as the object of the verb "liked".

Option D is incorrect as the subject of the sentence is option A: "the postman".