By Predicates, helping verbs

#1 John who took my pen is here. #2 John who is wearing my jacket is here. How firm a grasp would you like to obtain? (I know I shouldn't have written that, but I couldn't resist.) The thing that works for me is to take out the the subject and the "verb" and see if it still...

I'm taking a correspondence course. These are some of the exercises that I need to submit. So please I need help from grammar exerperts thnaks. Exercise 1: Identify each of the “ __ ” words in the sentences as one of the following parts of the sentence: 1.Direct object 2.Indirect...

5. copy each sentence; underline the simple subject once and the simple predicate twice. a. It is a shame! it=subject is=verb b.Will you go to a movie with me? you=subject go=verb c. Janet has been singing in the choir for years. Janet=subject .. the predicate I'm having trouble...

And please let me know the definition of ''compound nominal predicate--- I told you my thought about it. You should learn it yourself. 1: What is the difference between categories and functions?- -- Think about functions as jobs and categories as names. 2: I never heard anyone calling is...

Hi Doll, Calm down Jackson. You will find the answer you want in the end. If you don't want any other person to answer your posts, please add " teachers reply only" .And what is wrong with learning other sides of point? I think it is a chance for you to learn compound nominal predicate. By...

What is the word sucks in "Homework sucks"? Is it a verb or an adjective? If it is a verb, what does homework suck?This brings up an excellent point, and a wonderful opportunity to discover the beautiful syntactic structure of the English language. The question at hand is "Does an English verb...

The problem here is the word order: In a usual sentence (main clause or subordinate clause), the word order is Subject-Predicate-Object (O): "He told me where you are." Even in an interrogative clauses, this word order remains: "Can you(S) tell(V) me where you are?". (Can here is an auxiliary...

Yes, whl you're right! >>"Learning may be easy, if you are learning from a good teacher, but teaching is work." Verbs in this sentence are: may, be; are, learning; is may & be; are & learning belong together - they build the predicate of each part of the sentence - in this sentence, "may"...

The subject is "Beads or balls". The predicate is "may be moved" and consists of 3 verbs: The modal helping verb "may" which shows the modus (allowance) of the full verb "move" that is here in its passive voice of the infinitive. [to move (active) -> to be moved (passive)].