Some words ending with 'ing' are:
No, the word 'uncover' is a verb (uncover, uncovers, uncovering, uncovered); meaning to remove a cover or hat; to reveal or disclose.
example: An investigation should uncover the truth.
The verb 'uncover' is not a compound word; the verb is made up of the verb to 'cover' and the prefix 'un-' (the prefix is not a word).
It can be. Then it would be the third person singular form of inch.
She inches her way to the table and reaches for the key.
Verbs don't describe, they show actions or states.
The car was careering over the road.
His car is leaking oil.
careering and leaking are verbs.
The only verb in the sentence, "Yesterday you went to the mall", is intransitive. (The verb is "went".)
The subject and the verb must agree in number: both must be singular or both must be plural. Students have problems with subject verb agreement when the verb is a form of be or have, or when the verb is in present tense.
Rules for subject verb agreementEverybody
Anybody
Somebody
Nobody
Each
Everyone
Anyone
Someone
No one
Either
Everything
Anything
Something
Nothing
Neither
Everybody knows the answer.
Nobody speaks German here.
Somebody was in the room.
Every man and woman has the right to vote.
Each student and teacher was aware of the difficulty.
The teacher as well as the students was working on the problem.
The mother together with her children is waiting.
Some examples of prepositional phrases that function like that are:
As well as
In addition to
Together with
Along with
Except
There is a tree in the garden.
There are many trees in the garden.
There is a pine tree and some oaks in the garden.
There goes the cat.
There seems to be a relationship.
There arise problems.
There arises a problem.
It is my sister who works in the hospital.
It is my cats which cause the trouble.
My sister and brother live in Berlin.
Both the teacher and the student were surprised.
Both are happy with the grades they got.
Many were lost on the way.
Few have done their homework.
My jeans are old.
This year shorts are in fashion.
Where are my scissors?
All the money has been spent.
All of the students know the answer.
Either the man or his wife knows the answer.
Either the man or his friends know the answer.
Either the children or the man knows the answer.
My family lives in Ankara.
Our team has won every game this year.
Sometimes when the members are seen as functioning independently, these collective nouns may be plural.
My family have a lot of money. (members of my family)
Our team are working hard to win every game they play. (team members)
· Some collective nouns in this group are:
Family, team, crew, class, government, committee
This species of monkeys lives only in India.
There are many species of monkeys.
· Some nouns in this group are:
Species, series, deer, fish, sheep
Three weeks is a long time.
Two hundred dollars is a lot of money.
Sciences
Abstract nouns
Diseases
Physics
Mathematics
Statistics
Economics
News
Politics
Ethics
Measles
Mumps
Maths is found difficult by many students.
Statistics requires complicated methods.
The rich are not always happy.
The young like to listen to loud music.
The old hate loud music.
The English are distant and the French are humorous.
Have sold is present perfect tense verb in the active voice.
Transitive
YES!!!
If you can put the word to' in front of it, then it is a verb. Hence 'to shoot'.
The word hasn't is a contraction, a verb-adverb combination; a shortened form for 'has not'. Examples:
He has not called. or He hasn't called.
YES!!!
It is the verb 'to run; As 'Ran' it is in the Past tence. e.g. I ran for the bus.
NB Verbs have three tenses ; viz. Future, Present, and Past tenses.
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