The Johnsons were making cookies for the school bake sale, but she decided to make brownies instead.
Note: (Isn't the verb were?)
You can use "insult" as a verb in a sentence like this: "He insulted her by making a derogatory comment about her appearance."
In your sentence, the word 'grumbling' is the main verb('was' is the auxiliary verb).
The verb in the sentence "How are they different" is "are."
Is is the verb in your sentence.
'Needs' would be the verb in this sentence.
Is making is the verb. It shows what the air conditioner (subject) is doing.
"Is making a funny noise" is the verb phrase in the given sentence.
You can use "insult" as a verb in a sentence like this: "He insulted her by making a derogatory comment about her appearance."
The smell.The smell is making you hungry. - this is the basic sentence
In your sentence, the word 'grumbling' is the main verb('was' is the auxiliary verb).
The verb in the sentence "How are they different" is "are."
Is is the verb in your sentence.
In the sentence Mom made dinner:Mom is the subjectmade is the verbdinner is the objectShe made dinner - She is a pronoun subject.
No girls is a plural noun. Try putting the word in a sentence to see if it is a verb. For example you can say -- She hit me. So try making the same sentence with girls -- She girls me. Hopefully you can see that this is not a correct sentence.
The verb in that sentence is "are".
Were is the verb in that sentence.
Simple tense means there is only one verb in the sentence. So a verb phrase cannot be a simple tense.She makes hats. -- present simple -- one verb (makes)She is making hats -- present continuous -- two verbs (am making)