Identify the subject and the verb in the sentence. there are many reasons to stay at home tonight. a. subject: reasons verb: are b. subject: there verb: are c. subject: home verb: are d. subject: many verb: are

The answer to your question would be that the subject of the sentence is "there" and the verb is "are". That is, the correct option would be B.

The existential there is the use of the expletive "there" in front of a verb (usually the copulative verb "to be") to assert that someone or something exists.  In fact, the existential there has the status of a dummy subject fulfilling the grammatical but not the semantic function of the subject.

person against person: the hunger games bookteens were sent to fight against each other. they were sent in groups of two's. but could only be one winner. this conflict gave me a emotion of sadness. it made me feel bad for the kids that was sent there.  

explanation:

b is the answer.   i sat on the lumpy sofa, totally exhausted, with a bad taste in my mouth, wondering what i should do next.