The verb in the sentence is penalized.
The verb is was; the verb phrase is was penalized(The whole team was penalized...)
The simple predicate is 'was penalized'.
The simple subject is the noun team.The complete subject is 'The whole team'.In an interrogative sentence (a question), the verb and subject may be transposed, for example, "Why was the whole team penalized?" is a transposed form of "The whole team was penalized, why?"
disqualify?
The verb in the sentence is was, a linking verb(neighborhood=dark).
If the verb is the whole sentence, then it is not a sentence, but a sentence fragment. A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb. Examples of Sentence Fragments: Run. Hide. Watch.
a verb
"Attract" is the verb.
The verb phrase in this sentence is "were getting"
It is a verb.
It's a full sentence. It (direct object) is not (transitive verb) fair (predicate).
In this sentence, "can" is part of the verb, "can prepare."