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Reading Time: 3 minutes It seems easy to identify the verb in a sentence: look for the action word, and you’ve found the verb. Unfortunately, there are several imposters. If you aren’t careful, they can fool you into thinking they function as the verb. These three imposters—gerunds, infinitives, and … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes To find the subject of a sentence, start by finding the verb. Then ask yourself who or what is performing the action.
Reading Time: 3 minutes A conjunction is a word that connects two ideas, but what are subordinating conjunctions? Sometimes a conjunction can combine two objects, as in burger and fries, but sometimes a conjunction connects two clauses. The subordinating conjunction turns one of the clauses into a dependent clause. … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutes Verbs show action is one of the first facts about verbs we learn. Then the worksheets begin. We practice identifying past, present, and future tense, identifying verbs in sentences, and more. Some students (future grammar nerds) enjoyed the worksheets, but most wanted to do something … Read more
Conjunctive adverbs can be used to join two sentences together. Unlike a subordinating clause (words like since, because, although), a conjunctive adverb’s flexibility lets you move it around in a sentence. This allows a writer to change the rhythm of a sentence.
Want to learn more? See our post about conjunctive adverbs. Want to practice finding conjunctive adverbs. Take our Quiz. And What is Grammar discusses the differences between rules and grammar.
