What is the main verb in the following sentence?

1. This building, the largest on campus, houses most of the administration offices.

a. building
b. campus
c. houses
d. there is no main verb

2. My lady and I are taking a long walk through the park this evening.

a. is a simple sentence with a simple subject.
b. is a compound sentence with a compound subject.
c. is a simple sentence with a compound subject.
d. is a fragment.

3.Make the following simple sentences one complex sentence, without changing the meaning of the sentence:

Jessica and Alicia are getting together with friends Saturday evening. Their friends are Cynthia and Stephanie. Cynthia and Stephanie are identical twins.

a. Jessica and Alicia are getting together with friends Saturday evening, and their friends are Cynthia and Stephanie, identical twins.
b. Jessica and Alicia are getting together with friends who are identical twins Saturday evening.
c. Saturday evening, Jessica and Alicia are getting together with friends, whose friends are identical twins Cynthia and Stephanie.
d. Saturday evening, Jessica and Alicia are getting together with their friends Cynthia and Stephanie, who are identical twins.

Part of speech in in all cap
4. I don't want any more RAIN.
a. noun
b. pronoun
c. verb
d. adjective
e. adverb
f. preposition
g. conjunction

5.Choose the correct answer which corrects the following sentence without changing the meaning:

In 1976, twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc. Apple’s rival. The Microsoft Corporation modeled its Windows operating system. On the Mac.

a. In 1976. Twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc., Apple’s rival. The Microsoft Corporation modeled its Windows operating system. On the Mac.
b. In 1976, twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc. Apple’s rival, the Microsoft Corporation modeled its Windows operating system, On the Mac.
c. In 1976, twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc. Apple’s rival, the Microsoft Corporation, modeled its Windows operating system on the Mac.
d. In 1976. Twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc, on the Mac. Apple’s rival, the Microsoft Corporation modeled its Windows operating system.

ANSWERS:
1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. C

You need to study this grammar unit far more intensely.

We've already helped you with two of these sentences -- yet you still have three wrong: 1, 2, and 4.

40% is not acceptable.

1. If there were no main verb, there would be no complete sentence. "houses" is the main verb here = c

2. This is a simple sentence with a compound verb "are taking" = c
Simple sentence = one independent clause with no dependent clause.
Dependent clause = contains additional in formation but cannot stand alone
Compound verb = has an auxiliary or helping verb + another verb form, such as "are + taking"
Compound sentence = has 2 or more independent clauses

3. correct!

4. rain = noun = a / the adjectival form is rainy

5. Check the punctuation carefully. None is correct.
a. incomplete sentence "In 1976"
b. run-on sentence = where the comma is, a ; (semicolon) is required
c. run-on sentence
d. this is the closest, except for the incomplete sentence "In 1976."

Sra

3.

1. B

2. C
4. i though this was a verb?

Thank you!!!

As for #4 RAIN "could" be a verb "to rain " but not in this sentence.

Sra

1. The main verb in the sentence "This building, the largest on campus, houses most of the administration offices" is "houses." To identify the main verb in a sentence, we look for the action or state of being that the subject of the sentence is performing or experiencing. In this case, "houses" is the action that the subject "this building" is performing.

2. The statement "My lady and I are taking a long walk through the park this evening" is a compound sentence with a compound subject. The main verb is "are taking," indicating the action being performed by the compound subject "My lady and I."

3. To make the given simple sentences into one complex sentence without changing the meaning, the correct option is (d) "Saturday evening, Jessica and Alicia are getting together with their friends Cynthia and Stephanie, who are identical twins." This sentence combines the information about Jessica and Alicia getting together with their friends Saturday evening with the additional detail that their friends, Cynthia and Stephanie, are identical twins.

4. In the sentence "I don't want any more RAIN," the word "RAIN" is a noun. Nouns are words that represent a person, place, thing, or idea. In this case, "RAIN" represents a thing.

5. The correct answer to correct the sentence without changing its meaning is (c) "In 1976, twenty-one year old Steve Jobs founded Apple computer, Inc. Apple’s rival, the Microsoft Corporation, modeled its Windows operating system on the Mac." This option correctly separates the different parts of the sentence using commas and clarifies the relationship between Apple, Microsoft, and the Mac operating system.