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[DOCUMENT TITLE] TOEFL PREPARATION

SENTENCE WITH ONE CLAUSE

Some sentences in English have just one subject and verb, and it is very important
for you to find the subject and verb in these sentences.

Hence, you should be able to do the following in sentences with one subject and
verb:
(1) be sure the sentence has a subject and a verb, (2) be careful of objects of
prepositions when you are looking for the subject, and (3) be careful of present
participles and past participles when you are looking for the verb.

Skill 1: BE SURE THE SENTENCE HAS A SUBJECT AND A
VERB
SUBJECTS AND VERBS
A sentence in English must have at least one subject and one verb.

_____ is taking a trip to New York
a) They
b) When
c) The Woman
d) Her

You should notice that the sentence has a verb (is taking), and that there is no
subject. Because answer (A), They, is a subject, it is the best answer. Answers (B),
(C), and (D) are not subject, so they are not correct.

Exercise 1

1. is attending the lecture
(A) My friends (C) George
(B) Because of the time (D) Right now
2. A camel 30 gallons of water in ten minutes.
(A) It can drink (C) with a drink of
(B) a can drink (D) a large drink of
3. adopted the decimal system of coinage in 1867.
(A) Canada, which (C) When Canada
(B) There was Canada (D) Canada
4. Air near equator a faster west-to-east motion than air
farther from the equator
(A) is having (C) it has
(B) has (D) to have
5. The boy ______________ going to the movies with a friend.

(A) He is
(B) He always was
(C) Is relaxing
(D) Will be

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