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Verbals in comp
subjects and predicates; verbals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a verb? | a word that expresses action or a state of being. |
| What are the 8 verbs of being? | is, are, was, were, am, be, being, been. |
| What is a subject? | who or what the clause is about. |
| What is a predicate? | what the subject does. |
| What is the difference between a verb and a predicate? | a predicate has a subject a verb does not. |
| What is a verbal? | verbs that act like nouns and adjectives. |
| What is a gerund? | verb plus ing that acts like a noun. |
| What is an infinitive? | a verb that acts like a noun (to plus verb). |
| What is a participle? | verb plus ing, ed, en that acts like an adjective. |