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Eng 97/98 Sentence Grammar 1 Every sentence in English must have a subject and a verb. The subject comes before the verb. There may be an object, and the object would come after the verb. The (grammatical) subject is the person or thing that does the action or whose state we are describing. You find the subject by asking who or what the sentence is about. The subject can be a noun or a pronoun. The verb is the action that the subject is doing or the state that it is in. You find the verb by asking what the subject is doing if the verb is an action verb. Non-action verbs are a little trickier (you ask about states: how does the subject feel, what does the subject think, and things like that). The object of the verb is affected by the action in the verb. You find the object by asking “What + S + V?” The object can be a noun or pronoun. For example: The students studied. S *Who studied? (students = subject) V * What did the students do? (studied = verb) Ashley and Amare asked questions. S V O *Who asked? (Ashley and Amare – this is a compound subject because it’s connected by “and”) * What did A & A do? (asked = verb) * What did A & A ask? (questions = object) In this class, you will write four essays. S V O *Who will write essays? (you = subject) * What will you do? (write = verb) * What will you write? (essays = object) Did you print your paper last night? S V O *Who printed? (you= subject) *What did you do? (printed=verb) * What did you print? (paper= object) Practice Directions: Identify the subjects, the verbs, and the objects (if there is one) in the following sentences. They are simple, compound, and complex (and complex-complex!) sentences. Key: yellow = subject; blue= verb; pink = subordinating conjunction (comes w/complex sentence only) green = coordinating conjunction (FANBOY) (comes w/compound sentence only ), red = object 1. I like it when you ask me questions. 2. She brought four copies of her essay to class. 3. Subjects and verbs are sometimes tricky to find. 4. ESL (English as a Second Language) students are often good at grammar because they have to study it when they learn English. 5. You can practice in the Loft, or you can practice on the MFW website.