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Formula for analyzing subjects, verbs and compliments:
QUESTION 1 |
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1. Find the verb
2. Ask who or what did the verb (subject)
3. Subject + Verb, who or what? (compliment)
*prepositional phrases are not compliments |
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Formula for analyzing subjects, verbs and compliments:
QUESTION 2 |
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1. Does the compliment identify or describe the subject?
NO: YES:
Action Verb Linking Verb
The compliment n/pn: adj:
is a direct obj. compliment compliment
is a pn is a pa |
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| gives a command or makes a request. most imperative sentences end with an exclamation point |
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| makes a statement and ends with a period |
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| asks a question and ends with a question mark |
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| shows excitement or expresses strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point |
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