Sometimes, the subject of the sentence is not even at the beginning of the sentence. Look at these examples.

In the classroom, students were typing.

Around the world, the Internet keeps us connected.

Exercise 1

Type these sentences. Put a * before and after the subject of the sentence.

Example
*The ball game* was canceled because of rain.

1. Retirement is what you work all your life for.

2. Frank was an old prospector.

3. Dad creamed my hands with Deep Heat.

4. My friends and my family cried too.

5. Who went to the movies?

6. A birthday comes once a year.

7. Listening to the judge made him cry.

8. Reading that book was interesting.

9. Lifting weights is good exercise.

10. The Chinese New Year is in February.