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Subjects & Verbs

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SUBJECTS & VERBS

Finding them in tricky sentences!
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Verb = being or doing
Subject = who or what is doing or being

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LOOK FOR VERBS!

Find verbs first, then look for subjects.
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VERBS are words that make sense if they can be inserted here:

I _____. You _____.
She _____. It _____.
They _____.

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I see. I with.
You feel. You book.
She walks. She careful
It is. It desk.

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SOMETIMES, TWO OR MORE WORDS WILL FIT!

The lost page was part of a rare magical book.
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The lost page WAS PART of a rare magical book.


How do you know if BOTH are verbs?

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CHANGE THE VERB TENSE

  • The lost page WAS part of a rare magical book.
  • The lost page IS part of a rare magical book.
  • The lost page WILL BE part of a rare magical book.
  • THE WORD THAT CHANGES IS THE VERB!
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To find SUBJECTS, ask WHO? or WHAT?

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WHAT'S THE SUBJECT?

  • The theory stated by Auntie Emily worried me greatly.
  • The baking soda spilled in his coffee caused him to vomit.
  • The cocky kid at the store filed a lawsuit against the company for age discrimination.
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WHAT'S THE SUBJECT?

  • The theory stated by Auntie Emily worried me greatly.
  • WHAT worried me?
  • The THEORY stated by Auntie Emily
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The baking soda spilled in his coffee caused him to vomit.

WHAT caused him to vomit?

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The baking soda spilled in his coffee caused him to vomit.

WHAT caused him to vomit?

The BAKING SODA spilled in his coffee

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The cocky kid at the store filed a lawsuit against the company for age discrimination.

WHO? or WHAT?

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The cocky kid at the store filed a lawsuit against the company for age discrimination.

WHO? or WHAT?

The cocky KID at the store

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WHAT'S THE VERB?

  • Remus is an awful trickster!
  • Babs is growing crotchety.
  • Getting old is painfully real.
  • Don't be a dang fool!
  • Catheters can be stinky.
  • I have been duped by Remus.
  • Remus has duped me!
  • Do you like my sentences?
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WHAT'S THE VERB?

  • Remus IS an awful trickster!
  • Babs IS GROWING crotchety.
  • Getting old IS painfully real.
  • DO'nt BE a dang fool!
  • Catheters CAN BE stinky.
  • I HAVE BEEN DUPED by Remus.
  • Remus HAS DUPED me!
  • DO you LIKE my sentences?
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WHAT'S THE SUBJECT?

  • Remus is an awful trickster!
  • Babs is growing crotchety.
  • Getting old is painfully real.
  • Don't be a dang fool!
  • Catheters can be stinky.
  • I have been duped by Remus.
  • Remus has duped me!
  • Do you like my sentences?
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WHAT'S THE SUBJECT?

  • REMUS is an awful trickster!
  • BABS is growing crotchety.
  • GETTING OLD is painfully real.
  • (YOU) Don't be a dang fool!
  • CATHETERS can be stinky.
  • I have been duped by Remus.
  • REMUS has duped me!
  • Do YOU like my sentences?
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