36. Which word in the following sentence is the subject? The nurses went to the conference room.
Answer: D
The subject of the sentence is "nurses."
In the sentence "The nurses went to the conference room," the word "nurses" serves as the subject, as it identifies who is performing the action of the verb "went."
A) conference
The word "conference" is a noun that functions as part of the prepositional phrase "to the conference room." It does not indicate who is performing the action in the sentence and therefore cannot be the subject.
B) went to
"Went to" is a verb phrase that describes the action taken by the subject. While it indicates what the subject is doing, it does not represent the subject itself.
C) room
The word "room" is also a noun that appears in the prepositional phrase "to the conference room." Similar to "conference," it does not denote the doer of the action and is not the subject.
D) nurses
"Nurses" is the noun that indicates who is performing the action of going to the conference room. It is the subject of the sentence, fulfilling the role of the doer in this context.
Conclusion
The word "nurses" is definitively the correct answer as it is the subject of the sentence, indicating who is involved in the action. All other options either describe aspects of the action or are part of a phrase that does not identify the doer, thus failing to serve as the subject.