Introduction to Grammar 1

Introduction to Grammar 1

Please attempt all questions.

1. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: It is no longer enough to say that.

2. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: Some people came into the studio to meet the star.

3. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: You must look more carefully at the patients’ teeth.

4. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: Where was the pig on that day?

5. 

Write out the object of the main verb: The pupils did all their homework nicely today.

6. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: The bus stopped too far down the street.

7. 

Write out the object of the main verb: We asked nobody about it at the time.

8. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: Just then John came out of the building at top speed.

9. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: Suddenly a car screeched to a halt in front of me.

10. 

Write out the object of the main verb: We carried the body out of the hall last week.

11. 

Write out the object of the main verb: The queens ate the ugly dogs.

12. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: One of the dog’s legs was longer than the others.

13. 

Write out the object of the main verb: When did the soldier enter the building?

14. 

Write out the object of the main verb: The soldiers spilled their dinner over the floor.

15. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: The clowns rolled about the floor very alarmingly.

16. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: John liked cheese and Bill liked bacon.

17. 

Write out the object of the main verb: The bus stopped the traffic getting past.

18. 

Write out the object of the main verb: In the disaster, few survived the fires.

19. 

Write out the subject of the main verb: Nobody cooks quite like the Aztecs.

20. 

Write out the object of the main verb: Did you see the king’s slave?