Subjects and Verbs

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Subjects and Verbs
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Subject who or whatVerb action or state of
being
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Examples

• 1. Trial by jury is a right under the law.
• 2. The boxer danced around the ring.
• 3. Are Henry and Mia prepared to sing?
• 4. Mozart is recognized as one of musics
  greatest composers.
• 5. He was a child star of the 18th century.

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Answers to Previous Page

• 1. Trial is
• 2. boxer danced
• 3. Henry (and) Mia are prepared
• 4. Mozart is recognized
• 5. He was

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Special Issues

• 1. Subjects are never found within prepositional
  or appositive phrases.
• 2. Some sentences change the usual subject-verb
  order.
• 3. The words there, where, or here are never
  subjects.
• 4. A command contains a verb that gives an
  order.

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Explanation of Previous Page

• 1. The writer, a retired teacher, travels on the
  lecture circuit. (Eliminate a retired teacher and
  on the lecture circuit. So, the subject is writer
  and the verb is travels.
• 2. Change questions into statements. (Are you
  going to class? becomes You are going to
  class. So, the subject is You. The verb is are
  going.
• There is a movie worth watching.( What is the
  sentence about? Subject movie. Verb is.
• Commands are given to a second person. The
  subject is implied and understood to be You.

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Write 10 simple sentences. Identify the subject
and verb in each.
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Good Luck!