Finding Nouns, Verbs, and Subjects

Question 1

Word or set of words for a person, place, or thing.

Answer 1

Noun

Question 2

A noun of more than one word.
Ex. tennis court

Answer 2

Compound noun

Question 3

Word or set of words that show action, feeling, or state of being.

Answer 3

Verb

Question 4

State of being Verbs

Answer 4

Linking Verbs

Question 5

Main Verb

Answer 5

Phrasal Verbs

Question 6

Help clarify the intended meaning of the verb.

Answer 6

Helping Verb

Question 7

The form of a Verb used with Helping Verbs to make Verb tenses and Adjectives.

Answer 7

Participle

Question 8

Object which receives the action of the Verb carried by the sentence.

Answer 8

Direct Object

Question 9

Receive the direct Object ; makes sense to put from or to in front of it.

Answer 9

Indirect Object

Question 10

A noun affected by a preposition.

Answer 10

Object of a Preposition

Question 11

When Verbs have an added -ing to them and are used as nouns.

Answer 11

Gerund (Verbal Nouns)

Question 12

Noun, pronoun, or the set of words that perform the verb.

Answer 12

Subjects

Question 13

Rule 1

Answer 13

To find the subject and verb, always look for the verb first. Then ask who or what performed the verb.

Question 14

Rule 2

Answer 14

Sentences can have more than one subject and more than one verb.

Question 15

Rule 3

Answer 15

If a verb follows to, it is called an infinitive and is not the main verb. You will find the main verb either before or after the infinitive.

Question 16

Rule 4

Answer 16

Any request or command, such as “Stop!” or “Walk quickly!” has the understood subject you because if we ask who is to stop or Walk quickly the answer must be you.