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 | Did you understand the lesson on subjects and verbs today? | |
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| I think so? The subject of a sentence is the unit about which something is said. It helps to ask who or what did something when locating the subject of a sentence. | |
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| Interesting. What is a verb? | |
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| Verbs usually express action or tell what the subject did. If I said Jessica ran or Jessica ran fast. The subject is Jessica and the verb is ran. Ran tells what Jessica did. Examples of verbs are: ran, drives, stands, came, sells, led, rattle, is, and was. | |
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| Lets look at the following sentence: Sales of the company's products increased significantly. The subject is Sales and the verb is increased. You try this sentence: The lake provides us with a beautiful view from our offices. What is the subject and verb of that sentence. | |
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| Lake is the subject and provides is the verb. I think I understand. | |
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