style="font-size:15px;"> Answers: In sentence A, forgot is the verb and Ella is the subject. Dancing is a fake verb. (I discuss fake verbs and subjects later in this chapter.) In sentence B, stop is the verb and you-understood is the subject. The remark is addressed to Ella, but you-understood is still the subject. In sentence C, fell is the verb and Ella is the subject.
Searching for the Subject in Questions
Does everyone love grammar? Don't answer that! I started this section with that sentence not to check attitudes toward grammar (I'd rather not know) but to illustrate the subject's favorite location in a question. Most questions in English are formed by adding a helping verb – do, does, will, can, should, and so forth – to a main verb. (For everything you need to know about helping verbs, turn to Chapter 2.) The subject is generally tucked between the helping verb and the main verb, but you don't have to bother remembering that fascinating bit of trivia. To locate the subject in a question, simply “pop the question” the same way you do for any other sentence. Here's how to attack the first sentence of this paragraph:
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
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