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Subject, Verb & Object

Thu, 05/12/2011 - 08:48 — Chris McCarthy
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Grammar

Subject + Verb + Object combine to make basic English sentences.

"She drinks milk."

Subject: who/what the sentence is about.

Verb: What the subject does/is.
Object: a person or thing that is affected by the action of a verb.

Subject Verb Agreement

Singular subjects take singular verbs:
"He works in an office."

Plural subjects take plural verbs:

"They work in an office."

1 - The rain ___ flooding the village.

are
is

2 - All the customers ___ left the shop.

has
have

3 - A dog chased ___ all the way home!

we
us

4 - Those girls ___ my sisters.

are
is

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5 - ___ has brown hair.

He
Him

6 - The fireworks ___ beautiful.

look
looks

7 - The pollution around here ___ awful.

are
is

8 - Was __ looking at us?

he
him

9 - We ___ reading when you called.

were
was

10 - It ___ been snowing all day.

has
have

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Richard John Ameghino

Next time do better than this!
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Amandeep Kaur Sanggu

Thanku sir I will do better
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Senior Namhla Michael

sir when to add {s} at end of adjective e.g they works / work
or she works/work
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Sudheer Thota
Senior Namhla Michael works represent the singular eg:she works
in a school and work represents plural eg: they work in a school
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Chandhu Chenna
God
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Preci Ous Pearl

God nhi likhte good likhte he
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Musa Keita
it is a very educative site
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Dahlia Alsa Fakaubun

Thanks next time i will be better
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Haider Ali
i tried and its correct
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