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MailLinksEmail Us  Lesson 111  Parts of the Sentence -
Subject/Verb, Predicate Nominatives, Direct Objects   A simple
sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought, and
it must have a subject and a verb (predicate - some grammar
books use the word predicate, but I will use verb). A verb shows
action or state of being. Examples: The bell rang. The boy is
here. The subject tells who or what about the verb. Examples:
The bell rang. The boy is here. When finding the subject and the
verb in a sentence, always find the verb first and then say who
or what followed by the verb. Example: The bell rang. Find the
verb - rang. Now say who or what rang? Bell rang. Bell is the
subject.     A direct object receives the action performed by
the subject. The verb is always an action verb. Another way of
saying it is that the subject does the verb to the direct
object. Example: The car hit the tree. To find the direct
object, say the subject and verb