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Subjects and Verbs What are subjects and verbs? •What is a subject? – Usually a noun or pronoun – the who or what of the sentence. •What is a verb? – The action of the sentence or the link in the sentence. Recognizing Subjects Subjects – Often answers the who or what question – Jamie stole the car – who? – The dirty car wouldn’t come clean – what? Action vs. Linking Verbs • Action Verbs – Show an action – what did so and so do? Linking Verbs – not actions (test replace verb with is or was – if it makes sense, it’s probably a linking verb. Recognizing Verbs • VERBS – May show action [jump, hop, skip] – May link [is, was will be, appeared] – May be compound [has been, will have, is going] – Might be infinite [to go, to listen] **However a gerund is not an active verb [ing verb without helping verb isn’t main verb] Prepositional Phrases #1 of 3 •Often show place – What can a marble do to a mountain? •Why know them? –They often confuse what verb to choose, so eliminate to check the verb. Prepositional Phrases #2 of 3 • Eliminate the prepositional phrases and find the verb in the example. Next to the bus stop, a group of new college students is talking. P. S. It’s okay to end a sentence with a preposition. Prepositional Phrases #3 of 3 • Eliminate: “next to the bus stop,” and “of new college students.” • Subject: “a group” • Verb: “is talking” Regular and Irregular Verbs #1 of 2 • How to know present tense add the word every day • How to know past tense – add word yesterday • How to know future tense – Add word tomorrow Regular and Irregular Verbs #2 of 2 Which sentence is in the present, past, and future? EX: Mary drives like a maniac on the freeway. Bill didn’t like the apple cart. Arthur is going to fly to Hawaii. Puzzling Pairs • Lend: allow someone to borrow [verb] • Loan: is something borrowed [noun] • Lay: to put in place • Lie: to recline • Sit: to take a seat • Set: to put or place