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Should the subject and verb agree when other words come beween them?
Yes subject and verb should always agree. Look at these examples: The boy likes ice cream. = subject (boy) and verb (likes) agree. The boy next door like ice cream = subject (boy) and verb (like) do not agree. The boy next door likes ice cream = subject (boy) and verb (likes) agree.
What is writing in an active voice?
The active voice of a verb occurs in a sentence where the subject ('doer') of the action of the verb is also the grammatical subject of the verb. For example 'The boy ate the sandwich.' Here 'the boy' performs the action of eating, and is also the subject of the verb 'ate'. In contrast, the passive voice occurs where the doer of the action of the verb is the grammatical object of the verb. For example 'The sandwich was eaten by the boy.' Here 'the boy' still performs the action of eating, but 'the sandwich' is the subject of the verb 'was eaten'. 'My mother always does the washing up.' (Active) 'The washing up is always done by my mother.' (Passive)
How do you change declarative sentence to interogative sentence?
Make it a question. Usual method (especially with verb TO BE): invert subject and verb: Fred is stupid Is Fred stupid? Also common: use the verb TO DO: The boy loves the girl Does the boy love the girl? In compound tenses, invert auxiliary verb and subject: The British are coming! Are the British coming?
What is a subject verb order?
In English, the normal order in a sentence is that the subject comes first, and then the verb. The boy ran down the street (in this sentence, the subject is the noun "boy," and the action word, the verb, is "ran"). The same is true for pronouns: She waited for the bus ("she" is the subject, followed by "waited," the verb).
What is the simple subject of this sentenceThe face of the boy was grubby?
The face of the boy was grubby. The face (of the boy) was grubby. (prepositional phrase) The face was grubby. Therefore face is the subject was is the verb (predicate)
What are 'nominative nouns'?
A noun is in the nominative case when it is the subject of a verb eg in the sentence "the boy kicked the ball" boyis the subject of the verb kicked and is therefore in the nominative case.
What is the active voice of a verb?
In ACTIVE VOICE, the subject is doing the action."The dog bit the boy."In the alternative PASSIVE VOICE, the subject is not doing the action."The boy was bitten by the dog."
What part of speech is the word boy?
The word "boy" is a noun that refers to a young person who is male. A noun (boy) can be used as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and the object of a verb or a preposition. Some examples: Subject of sentence: There is a little boy sitting on the stairs, waiting for his parents to come home. Subject of clause: Jack, the boy I told you about, has asked me to the movies. Object of verb: The teacher told the boy to put his coat in his locker. Object of preposition: She gave the book to the boy.
What is Definition of S-TV-DO pattern?
I think these abbreviations are for "subject", "transitive verb" and "direct object", and more commonly abbreviated as SVO. This is standard word order in English: "The man kicked the dog" where man is the subject, kick the verb and the dog the object, or "the boy kissed the girl" where boy is the subject, kiss the verb and the girl the object. In other languages you can have SOV order (The boy the girl kissed) or VSO order (Kissed the boy the girl).
Is ran the predicate in the sentenceThe boy ran to the store?
No, the predicate is "ran to the store" (which we say is predicated of the subject "the boy". "Ran" is the verb.
Is remained a linking or action verb?
Remained can be both! In the sentence The boy remained sleepy throughout the play, remained is a linking verb. because it connects the subject, the boy to the adj sleepy.
What is the present tense verb of lives?
Lives IS a present tense form of live. The base verb is live. Use lives if the subject os the sentence is singular eg:The boy lives in France. -- The subject = boy is singular.The girls live in France -- The subject = girls is plural so 'live' is used
