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Subjects and Verbs
Review Subjects, Helping Verbs, Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Term | Definition |
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subject | tells whom or what the sentence is about |
complete subject | includes a noun or pronoun and all the words that describe it |
simple subject | the KEY WORD in the complete subject that tells whom or what the sentence is about |
predicate (verb) | tells what the subject is, has, does, feels |
action verb | also called the main word. Shows what the subject of the sentence is doing |
linking verb | does not express and action. Links a subject of the sentence to a word in the predicate |
helping verb | helps the main verb. |
verb phrase | made up of at least one helping verb and an action verb |