Question

Some cicada species are known as locusts or harvest flies. Which of these words or phrases is the complete subject?

Answer 1

D is probably the subject

Answer 2

A subject in the sentence refers to who performs an action. Whereas, a complete subject is also the simple subject or main word in a sentence which may have a modifier to describe it.

To identify a complete subject in the sentence, it answers to the question of "Who performs the action?" or "What performs the action?" A complete subject includes the subject and the words which modify it.

Therefore, in the above sentence, a complete subject is "Some cicada species." Herein, the subject is cicada species and the word which modify the subject is "Some."