Here are the answers from last week's exercise:
1. More passengers crammed into the subway car.
Subject: passengers
Verb: crammed
2. Most members of the park board disagreed with the chairperson's proposal.
Subject: members
Verb: disagreed
3. In her speech, the candidate for the mayor promised not to increase taxes.
Subject: candidate
Verb: promised
4. The sudden noise in the hallway startled everyone in the room.
Subject: noise
Verb: startled
A COUPLE BONUS TIPS:
1. Words such as no, never, always and really are never part of the verb.
2. A verb form with to in front of it is never part of the subject + verb.
Example: He likes to go.
Subject: He
Verb: likes
To go is not a verb, but an infinitive, which we will talk about much, much later -- but good to know when identifying verbs.
Here are a couple more practice exercises; identify the subjects and verbs:
1. Surprisingly few experts correctly predicted the outcome of the election.
2. The player hurtled over the goal line for the winning touchdown.
3. Without a moment's hesitation, Jensen leaped into the raging waters.
Next week we will begin our deep dive into verbs and their tenses -- how verbs tell time.
Subject: we
Verb: will begin (future tense)
That's a sneak peek of next week's lesson.
1. More passengers crammed into the subway car.
Subject: passengers
Verb: crammed
2. Most members of the park board disagreed with the chairperson's proposal.
Subject: members
Verb: disagreed
3. In her speech, the candidate for the mayor promised not to increase taxes.
Subject: candidate
Verb: promised
4. The sudden noise in the hallway startled everyone in the room.
Subject: noise
Verb: startled
A COUPLE BONUS TIPS:
1. Words such as no, never, always and really are never part of the verb.
2. A verb form with to in front of it is never part of the subject + verb.
Example: He likes to go.
Subject: He
Verb: likes
To go is not a verb, but an infinitive, which we will talk about much, much later -- but good to know when identifying verbs.
Here are a couple more practice exercises; identify the subjects and verbs:
1. Surprisingly few experts correctly predicted the outcome of the election.
2. The player hurtled over the goal line for the winning touchdown.
3. Without a moment's hesitation, Jensen leaped into the raging waters.
Next week we will begin our deep dive into verbs and their tenses -- how verbs tell time.
Subject: we
Verb: will begin (future tense)
That's a sneak peek of next week's lesson.