subject-object

 The correct answer is: Jim ✅

Let’s break it down simply.

Sentence

Taking a shy peek at Alex, who was the belle of the ball, Jim chose to keep his love for her cloaked in secrecy.

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Step 1: Find the main action (verb)

The main verb is “chose.”

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Step 2: Ask who chose?

👉 Jim chose to keep his love a secret.

So, Jim is the noun doing the main action.

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Step 3: Why the others are NOT the simple subject

• Alex → object of the phrase “at Alex”

• love → object of “to keep his love”

• belle → a noun describing Alex, not doing an action

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✅ Final Answer

Jim is the simple subject because it is the main noun performing the action in the sentence.

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Question: 21 of 33

INCORRECT

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Taking a shy peek at Alex, who was the belle of the ball, Jim chose to keep his love for her cloaked in secrecy.

Which of the following is the simple subject in the sentence above?

Alex

MY ANSWER

The noun "Alex" is the object in the introductory phrase "Taking a shy peek at Alex." "Alex" is not the simple subject.

Love

The noun "love" is the object of the phrase "to keep his love for her cloaked in secrecy." "Love" is not the simple subject.

Belle

The noun "belle" is telling about Alex and not an initiator of any action in the given sentence. "Belle" is not the simple subject.

Jim

The noun "Jim," when stripped of modifiers, acts as a simple subject initiating the actions of taking a shy peek and choosing to keep love in secrecy. So, "Jim" is the simple subject in the given sentence.