Question

I need to find the subject and the verb in each sentence. If the subject is understood, write (you). Can someone tell me if I am on the right track?

1.Have you ever heard stories about dragons? Subject-dragons, verb-stories

2.Picture a yellow-speckled, olive-green creature with short yellow spines down the center of its back. subject-creature, verb-picture

3.Look! I think this is just (you)

4.Does it have a third eye on top of its head?subject-eye, have-verb

5.Indeed it has! I think this is (you)

6. Meet the tuatara, one of the rarest creatures on earth. subject-tuatara, rarest-verb

7. Where does it live? subject-it, does- verb

Answer 1

1. The verb is <b>have heard</b>. To find the subject, ask who has heard.

The subject can't be dragons because it's in a prepositional phrase. The verb can't be stories because verbs show action.

2. You're right about the verb, <b>picture</b>. Who is supposed to picture? Who's doing this action?

3. The verb is <b>think</b>. Who is thinking?

4. You're right about <b>have</b> as the verb. But there's also a helping verb.
You can turn this sentence around to make it easier to find the subject and verb.
<i> It does have a third eye on top of its head.</i>

5. You isn't doing anything, so isn't the subject. Please try again.

6. Sorry. Tuatara is the object of the verb <b>meet</b>, so it isn't the subject. Rarest isn't the verb; it's an adjective, describing creatures. Who is supposed to <b>meet</b>?

7. You're mostly right on this one. :-) The subject is <b>it</b>. <b>Does</b> is a helping verb. What is the main verb?

Answer 2

1. Subject-you, verb-have heard
2. verb-picture, I still think creature is the subject???
4.verb-does have, subject-eye
6.I still think the subject is tuatara or it could be creatures, verb-meet
7.subject-it, verb-live

Answer 3

1. Correct. <b>You have heard</b>

2. The subject is (you). It's a request or command, so it's an imperative sentence. <b>(You) picture</b>. Creature is the direct object of the verb picture. The creature is not picturing.

4. Right on the verb. But eye is not the subject. <b> It does have.</b>

6. You're right that <b>Meet</b> is the verb. This is another imperative sentence, asking that <b>(you) meet</b> this creature.

7. Correct. :-) <b> it does live</b>