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Subject – Verb #1. Directions: Click the left mouse button to move from one slide to the next. There are 3 slides in this presentation. Subject – Verb #1. To find the subject in a sentence, ask what or whom we are speaking about.
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Subject – Verb #1 Directions: Click the left mouse button to move from one slide to the next. There are 3 slides in this presentation.
Subject – Verb #1 • To find the subject in a sentence, ask what or whom we are speaking about. • To find the verb in a sentence, ask what the person or thing is doing. Example: Fredhas gone to school. s . v. • The subject may be near the beginning, the middle, or end of a sentence. Example: Quickly, everyoneran from the house. s. v. Slide 1 of 3
The subject may have two or more parts. Example: Boys and girlsattend our school. s. s. v. • The verb may also have two or more parts. Example: Iwillcall or write you soon. s. v. v. • Sometimes the subject is understood (not mentioned). Example: Give me the book. v. The subject is you. (You) give me the book. s. s. Slide 2 of 3
In a question, the subject comes between the parts of a verb phrase (a group of words that function as a verb). Example: Have the birdsflown away? v. s. v. PowerPoint ~ C.Cunningham ~ EAP 0380/0480 Slide 3 of 3
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