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What links a subject of a sentence to a noun or adjective?
A linking verb acts as an equals sign. The object of the verb is a form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister), or the subject becomes the object (Mary's feet got wet. (feet->wet).
What is the subject in the sentence When the field is wet?
That is not actually a complete sentence. It is a dependent clause because it cannot stand alone. If you were to take off the subordinating conjunction "when," it could stand alone and would a sentence. The simple subject in that dependent clause is field.
It has been raining since morning what does it mean?
Who, or what has been raining; it. I believe that the word "it" is the subject of this sentence.
What category describes this sentence Why are your shoes wet?
The sentence Why are your shoes wet is a question, an interrogative.
How do you use linking verbs in a sentence?
Linking verbs connect the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, which can be a noun, pronoun, or adjective that renames or describes the subject. For example, in the sentence "She is a doctor," "is" is the linking verb connecting "She" to the subject complement "doctor." To use a linking verb effectively, identify the subject and then choose a verb that links it to the complement that provides more information about the subject.
What is the gerund phase in this sentence singing in the rain can get your shoes wet?
"Singing" is the gerund because it is being used as a noun. The sentence is not talking about a certain person who is singing in the ran, but the act of singing in the rain. Furthermore, the verb in the sentence is "can", and the subject always comes before the verb, so "singing" is the subject. Verbs, when they are used as subjects, are gerunds.
What is the object of this sentence Please put the wet clothes in the dryer?
YOU is the subject (understood) PUT is the verb, CLOTHES is the object of the verb put.
What are the adjectives in the sentence the travelers are wet and hungry?
Wet Hungry
What is heavier a wet or dry baseball?
wet
What is the linking verb in where are the children?
In the sentence, there is no linking verb. The easy way to recognize a linking verb is that a linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object is a different form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister); or the subject becomes the object (My feet got wet. feet->wet). In the sentence, 'Where are the children?' (the children are where), the place where the children are is not another form of the subject children.
Is the sentence That person was me proper English?
No, the correct form is "That person was I."In the sentence, the verb 'was' is functioning as a linking verb. A linking verb acts as an equals sign, the object is a form of the subject (Mary is my sister. Mary=sister); or the subject becomes the object (Mary's feet got wet. feet->wet).The noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb is called a subject complement (a predicate nominative) which renames the subject.A pronoun that functions as a subject complement is always a subject (nominative) pronoun. The pronoun 'I' is a subject pronoun.
How do you cut silestone?
Wet saw, with a diamond tip blade
