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Subject and Verb
Identify the subject and verb in each sentence.
Question | Answer |
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Four of my friends had won tickets to the Whitney Houston concert. | friends=subject; had won = verb |
This car is powered by solar batteries. | car = subject; is powered = verb |
At the back of your literature book is a glossary of literary terms. | glossary of literary terms=subject; is =verb |
The world’s second-largest continent is Africa. | continent=subject; is=verb |
George will have already left for the movies. | George=subject; will have left=verb |
Do you ever watch the game show Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? | you=subject; do watch=verb |
At the bookstore the mystery writer will autograph copies of her new novel. | writer=subject; will autograph-verb |
One of our favorite sports is basketball. | One=subject; is=verb |
The howls of the wolves can also warn other wolves to stay away. | howls=subject; can warn=verb |
Large numbers of wolves have been killed in the United States. | numbers=subject; have been killed=verb |
The town's water pipe was in the way of the new bridge. | pipe=subject; was=verb |
What solution did the town adopt? | town=subject; did adopt=verb |
There was space for a new pipe along the underside of the bridge. | space=subject; was=verb |
Last night brought the coldest weather in ten years. | night=subject; brought=verb |
At three o'clock in the morning the town was awakened by the fire siren. | town=subject; was awakened=verb |
In the center of town a big house was blazing. | house=subject; was blazing=verb |
The fire hoses were useless. | hoses=subject; were=verb |
The water had frozen in the exposed pipe under the bridge. | water=subject; had frozen=verb |
The poor man's mistake had come home to roost. | mistake=subject; had come=verb |