STRUCTURE Skill 1 Subject and Verb Materi: Subject and Verb Skill 1 Subject and Verb

 

Skill 1 Subject and Verb

Materi: Subject and Verb

Skill 1 Subject and Verb

You know that a sentence in English should have a subject and a verb.

The most common types of problems that you will encounter in structure
questions on the TOEFL test are related to subjects and verbs: perhaps the
sentence is missing either the subject or the verb or both, or perhaps the
sentence has an extra subject or verb.

Example 1
_____was ringing continuously for hours.

(A) Loudly
(B) In the morning
(C) The phone
(D) The bells

In this example, you should notice immediately that there is a verb was ringing,
but there is no subject. Answer (C) is the best answer because it is a singular
subject that agrees with the singular verb was ringing. Answer (A), Loudly, and
answer (B), In the morning, are not subjects, so they are not correct. Although
answer (D), The bells, could be a subject, it is not correct because bells is plural,
and it does not agree with the singular verb was ringing.

Example 2

Newspapers ___ every morning and every evening.

(A) delivery
(B) are delivered
(C) on time
(D) regularly

 In this example, you should notice immediately that the sentence has a subject
newspapers but that there is no verb. Because answer (B), are delivered, is a verb,
it is the best answer. Answers (A), (C), and (D) are not verbs, so they are not correct.

Example 3

The plane ____ landing at the airport in live minutes

(A) it is
(B) it really is
(C) is descending
(D) will be

The sentence above has a subject plane and has part of a verb landing; to be correct, some
form of the verb be is needed to make the verb complete. Answers (A) and (B) are incorrect
because the sentence already has a subject plane and does not need the extra subject it.
Answer (C) is incorrect because descending is an extra part of a verb that is unnecessary
because of landing. Answer (D) is the best answer; will be together with landing is a
complete verb.


EXERCISE 1: indicate if the sentences are correct (C) or incorrect (I).

1. My best friend always helpful with problems. 

2. The bus schedule has changed since last week. 

3. Accidentally dropped the glass on the floor

4. The customer paying the clerk for the clothes. 

5. The professor handed the syllabus to the students.

6. Each day practiced the piano for hours.

7. The basketball player tossed the ball into the hoop.

8. The new student in the class very talkative and friendly.

9. Walking with the children to school.

10. The whales headed south for the winter.

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