In the sentence, "I'm cleaning my room," Cleaning is the verb, my is the possessive adjective. Which is the subject and why?

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Answer 1 · 2016-08-03T13:55:53

"I" because it is "I" that is cleaning.

In this question, we have:

"I'm cleaning my room"

I'll now substitute in the parts of speech for each word:

"Subject, Verb, Posessive Adjective, Object".

I is the subject because it is "I" that is cleaning. What is "I" cleaning? The room - which makes "the room" the object of the cleaning.