Identify the verbs and verb phrases in the following sentences. Then, classify each verb or verb phrase as transitive action, intransitive action, or intransitive linking. Give the object(s) of each transitive action verb and the subject complement(s) of each linking verb.
2. Because a newly borrowed word often sounds unfamiliar, people sometimes do not hear it correctly.
3. They will pronounce the word and will spell it as if it had come other, more familiar English words.
4. The wrong spelling hides the true origin of the word and gives the false impression that its sources is contemporary English, when its real source is something else entirely.
5. The word woodchuck, for example, might have come from two English words, wood and chuck.
2.sounds transitive. object familiar
3. will spell - transitive. object word.
4. hides - transitive. object wrong.
5. might have come - instransitive
2.sounds transitive. object familiar Sounds is the verb, but it doesn't have an object. There's another verb in this sentence.
3. will spell - transitive. object word. The object is not word. There's another verb in this sentence.
4. hides - transitive. object wrong. Hides is the verb, but wrong is not the object. This sentence has three more verbs.
5. Correct.
5. might have come - instransitive
Because he /she doesnt knw the meaning of jog
2. In the sentence "Because a newly borrowed word often sounds unfamiliar, people sometimes do not hear it correctly," the verb phrases are "sounds unfamiliar" and "do not hear."
- "Sounds" is an intransitive linking verb being used to describe the subject (newly borrowed word) by linking it to the adjective "unfamiliar."
- "Do not hear" is a transitive action verb phrase. The verb is "hear," and the object is "it" (referring to the newly borrowed word).
3. In the sentence "They will pronounce the word and will spell it as if it had come other, more familiar English words," the verb phrases are "will pronounce," "will spell," and "had come."
- "Will pronounce" and "will spell" are both transitive action verb phrases. The verbs are "pronounce" and "spell," and the objects are "word" and "it" (referring to the newly borrowed word).
- "Had come" is an intransitive action verb phrase. The verb is "come," and it does not have an object.
4. In the sentence "The wrong spelling hides the true origin of the word and gives the false impression that its source is contemporary English, when its real source is something else entirely," the verb phrases are "hides," "gives," and "is."
- "Hides" and "gives" are both transitive action verb phrases. The verbs are "hides" and "gives," and the objects are "true origin" and "impression."
- "Is" is an intransitive linking verb being used to describe the subject (its source) by linking it to the noun phrase "contemporary English."
5. In the sentence "The word woodchuck, for example, might have come from two English words, wood and chuck," the verb phrase is "might have come."
- "Might have come" is an intransitive action verb phrase. The verb is "come," and it does not have an object.