0Lesson 3
Basics of Sentence Making 2
What is a Verb?
Verb is an important word in a sentence, a word that expresses an action e.g. eat, see, walk etc., is called Action verb. A Word that describes state/condition e.g. am, is are etc. (of the someone or something) is called Being verb. In this Post we are going to discuss sentences making with the being verbs.
Look at the following sentences:
Bill is a student. (Bill = subject, is = verb)
Shane and Clara are friends. (Shane and Clara = subject, are = verb)
The old building is a museum. (The old building = subject, is = verb)
These four books are novels. (These four books = subject, are = verb)
The climate of Alaska is very cool. (The climate of Alaska = subject, is = verb)
I am 25 years old. (I = Subject, am = verb)
The animals are hungry. (The animals = subject, are = verb)
Have you noted some subjects take the verb is, some subjects take the verb are and one subject takes the verb am. In other words every subject should take a proper verb form.
In our day to day life we talk about hundreds of things people events etc. (subjects) let’s see some of them.
Weather, Politics, Price-rise, Stocks, Meeting, Movie actors, Friends, Nation, Corruption, Crime, College, Professor, Pain, Shopping, Recreation, Marriage, Food, Child, Pilot, Convention, Headache, Doctor and the list is endless. Now the question arises, are there millions of corresponding (matching) verbs too? (Verbs that agree with the subjects) the answer is No, we have very limited number of verb forms. Now another question arises how to use these limited verb forms with the unlimited subjects we use in our sentences (in our day to day life?) To avoid this confusion the subject of a sentence is mentally converted into its pronoun form (called Subject-pronoun).
What is a Pronoun?
Pronoun is a word used in the place of a noun.
Jim is a teacher (Jim is a noun) .
e.g. He is a teacher (he is a pronoun of Jim)
Sky is blue. (sky, is a noun).
e.g. It is blue (It is a pronoun of the Sky)
As we discussed earlier that a subject of a sentence can be a noun, a noun phrase, a proper noun, a common noun, a collective noun, an abstract noun, an adjective, Action words, etc. Beginners would find it very difficult to find the matching verbs for the above mentioned noun forms, it would be easier to find the matching verb for a particular subject (in a sentence) if the subject is in the form of a pronoun. (The above mentioned Nouns forms are converted into their corresponding Pronouns Mentally), this method would help to construct a sentence easily
Conversion of subject to subject-pronoun
| SUBJECT Shane Father Mother Teacher President Manager Customer Brother Shop Asst. Driver Friend Students Machine Animal Obesity | PRONOUN She He She He/she He/she He/she He/she He He/she He/she He/she They It It It | SUBJECT Jack Pain Thought Crowd Team Nation Herd Audience Water Tea House Shops Chairs Meeting Health | PRONOUN he It It It It It It It It It It They They It It |
Subject Pronouns Table – (For Sentence Making):
Person Singular Plural
First I we
Second you you
Third He/she/it They
NOTE 1:
Concept Of The First Second And Third Person
Knowing the Concept of the first, second and third person is important in making sentences.
First person refers to the person who speaks (to someone), the Second person is the listener. Third person refers to the person or thing, that the first and second person talk about. The term ‘person’ includes non-living things, abstract things (e.g. humanity, publicity) animals, etc.
NOTE 2:
