Transcript 111 eng- lecture one

The Sentence: Subjects and Verbs
Dogs bark.
The ship burned.
We like sports.
The child wrote a letter.
Ali is a reporter.
He looks nervous.
The italicized words like dogs, ship..are
subjects.
A subject is what the sentence is about.
A subject may a word or group of
words:
The pencil is broken.
Hunting rabbits is fun.
That he would win was certain.
How to determine a subject?
Form a question using who or what
before the verb:
Children play.
Who play? Children
Hunting rabbits is fun.
What is fun? Hunting rabbits
Missing subject
Sometimes the subject of a verb is
understood rather than expressed:
Stop.
Shut the door.
The subject in these sentences is
understood to be you.
Every sentence must have a verb which
says something about the subject.
A verb explains an action, possession, and a
state:
The plane flew. (action)
Sarah has a pony. (possession)
The train is long. (state)
A verb forms a phrase that consists of the verb
only or the verb and the noun.
She reads the book.
She is reading the book.
The baby cries.
The baby has been crying.
The primary verb as cries and auxiliaries or
helping verbs like have, can, may, shall, will can
be used.