What is the subject and the verb in this sentence? Each of the reports contains useful information.

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Each of the reports contains useful information.

The subject of a sentence is the noun that performs the action.

If the sentence has a linking verb, then the subject is the thing that is being described. If you have a verb,  that is the word that describes the action that the subject takes.

Sometimes, if you have several different nouns and verbs in a sentence, identifying the correct subject and verb can be difficult. It depends on the meaning of the sentence. For this one, though, the categorization is quite simple.

  • Subject: Each of the reports (specifically, every report)
  • Verb: contains
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