Take a look at the following English sentence. Which is the verb? Click on the verb.
Example 1:
My friend
visits
me
every year.
FALSCH (FALSE)
No, 'my friend' is the subject of the sentence.
RICHTIG (CORRECT)
Yes, indeed! The verb in this sentence is 'visits'.
FALSCH (FALSE)
'me' is a pronoun and the object of the sentence.
FALSCH (FALSE)
No, 'every year' tells you 'when'. It is not the verb!
Take a look at the following English sentence. Which is the verb? Click on the verb.
Example 2:
The students
live
in Raffles Hall.
FALSCH (FALSE)
No, this is the subject of the sentence. Try again.
RICHTIG (CORRECT)
Well done, 'live' is the verb. Now, try the next task.
FALSCH (FALSE)
The three words 'in Raffles Hall' together state the location or where the students live. It is not the verb.
Take a look at the following English sentence. Which is the verb? Click on the verb.
Example 3:
Everyday,
he
calls
his wife
in Berlin.
FALSCH (FALSE)
No, 'everyday' is an adverb of time and tells us 'when'.
FALSCH (FALSE)
No, 'he' is not the verb, but the subject instead.
RICHTIG (CORRECT)
Right, this is the verb! Click on next to see the definition of a verb.
FALSCH (FALSE)
Sorry, 'his wife' is the object of the sentence.
FALSCH (FALSE)
'in Berlin' tells us the location or where his wife is.
DEFINITION
The verb is the element in a sentence which indicates the action carried out by the subject of that sentence. Every complete sentence has a verb.
DEFINITION
In the example
My friend visits me every year.
The action carried out by the subject “My friend” is “to visit”.
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