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Verbs

This document provides an overview of verbs, explaining their role as the main word in a predicate. It includes examples of sentences with their predicates and verbs, as well as exercises for identifying verbs and constructing sentences. The document emphasizes that a verb is essential for conveying meaning in a sentence.

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Verbs

This document provides an overview of verbs, explaining their role as the main word in a predicate. It includes examples of sentences with their predicates and verbs, as well as exercises for identifying verbs and constructing sentences. The document emphasizes that a verb is essential for conveying meaning in a sentence.

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Lesson 3 Verbs

The main word in the predicate is called the verb.

Here are a few examples:

1. The temperature dropped rapidly.


PREDICATE: dropped rapidly
VERB: dropped

2. José often visits exhibits at the natural history museum.


PREDICATE: often visits exhibits at the natural history museum
VERB: visits

3. Have you no sense?


PREDICATE: Have no sense
VERB: Have

Without a verb, the predicate cannot tell or ask anything about the subject. For in-
stance, if the verb dropped is left out of the first sentence above, the resulting sentence
cannot convey any clear meaning:

The temperature. . . rapidly.


Question: Does a verb ever consist of more than one word?
Answer: Yes, often. A verb may consist of one to four words:

SENTENCE VERB

They have no questions. have


Do you have any questions? Do . . . have
We have been calling John all week. have been calling
His phone may have been disconnected . may have been disconnected

10 PA R T S O F S P E E C H
EXERCISE 1. Find the verb and write it in the blank space.

Samples:

Ben was at the door. was


They must have been treated badly. must have been treated

1. Mindy has a lot of friends.

2. The water is boiling in the microwave.

3. I should have listened to you.

4. He must have been pushed by someone


in the crowd.

5. Did the light bother you?

EXERCISE 2. Write the simple subject in the S.S. space, the predicate in the P.
space, and the verb in the V. space.

Samples:

The pond froze during the night. S.S. pond


P. froze during the night
V. froze

Wash your hands. S.S. You (understood)


P. Wash your hands
V. Wash

Did you hear the wind? S.S. You


P. Did hear the wind
V. Did hear

1. Comb your hair. S.S.


P.
V.

2. The bus will come at any minute. S.S.


P.

V.

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3. Has it been coming on time lately? S.S.
P.

V.

4. For some time, light rain has been S.S.


falling. P.

V.

5. It must have been raining since dawn. S.S.


P.

V.

6. In my pocket was the missing glove. S.S.


P.

V.

7. Fuel bills have been increasing S.S.


every year. P.

V.

8. The cold weather has been affecting S.S.


the spring crops. P.

V.

9. Does your remote control need fresh S.S.


batteries? P.

V.

10. Someone must have taken my books S.S.


by mistake. P.

V.

12 PA R T S O F S P E E C H

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