I need help finding out what is the verb of this sentence and what to replace it with because I have to change the verb....The sent is ....Neither of my childern look like me.
2006-10-16 16:12:36 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
look is the verb
You can change it to: neither of my children act like me or dance like me or sing like me or any other action word.
You're not dumb. School is about learning, you'll get it.
2006-10-16 16:15:05 · answer #1 · answered by B 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Look" is the verb.
"A verb or compound verb asserts something about the subject of the sentence and express actions, events, or states of being. The verb or compound verb is the critical element of the predicate of a sentence.
In each of the following sentences, the verb or compound verb is highlighted:
Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
The verb "bites" describes the action Dracula takes.
In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.
Here the compound verb "will plant" describes an action that will take place in the future.
My first teacher was Miss Crawford, but I remember the janitor Mr. Weatherbee more vividly.
In this sentence, the verb "was" (the simple past tense of "is") identifies a particular person and the verb "remembered" describes a mental action.
Karl Creelman bicycled around the world in 1899, but his diaries and his bicycle were destroyed.
In this sentence, the compound verb "were destroyed" describes an action which took place in the past."
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/verbs.html
2006-10-16 16:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by I am Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"look" is the verb in the sentence. I assume you need to identify it so you can check for subject verb agreement. The correct form of the sentence should be "Neither of my children looks like me" because the verb agrees with neither not children.
2006-10-16 16:17:19 · answer #3 · answered by James A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look is the verb..you can tell the verb because it is the word that does something..also called the action word..verbs are action words so you could change the verb look to act or talk or stand or sing or read or smell LOL the possibilities are endless ..just remember its the word that does something then you won't have any trouble identifying verbs..good luck
2006-10-16 16:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by Alli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. children is not spelled correctly.
2. look is the verb
3. it should be looks not look.
4. do your own homework an actually pay attention in class.
5. verbs are always the action or the 'doing' in the sentence. I believe it's ABC which has those commericals that say "verb, It's what you do"
2006-10-16 16:26:48 · answer #5 · answered by writergirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither (of my children) look (like) me.
The words in parentheses are modifiers, and neither and me are pronouns. That leaves [look] for your verb. It should be looks, by the way. You can replace it with almost any action verb and the sentence will make sense.
2006-10-16 16:22:43 · answer #6 · answered by Helmut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. she is singular, therefore you need the singular form of the verb = walks. 2. this sentence sucks. What is the verb of the second part of the sentence? There isn't one. That comma is unnecessarily and, frankly, confusing. 3. this is wrong. the answer is IS because pleasure is the verb and it's singular. 4. this is wrong also. ARE is the correct answer because toys is plural and it's the subject. 5. this is wrong also. it should be HAS dried.
2016-05-22 08:00:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, the sentence is incorrect, as "Neither" requires a singular verb. So if your teacher assigned this sentence, you can correct it by pointing out that the correct form would be "Neither of my children LOOKS like me". The verb is "looks" (again, not "look"). If you were going to change the verb, it could be:
Neither of my children resembles me. (Resemble, means to look like or be like...).
Point out to your teacher that "neither" and "either" require singular verb forms.....
2006-10-16 16:19:26 · answer #8 · answered by jlane 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action ("bring", "read"), occurrence ("decompose", "glitter"), or a state of being ("exist", "stand"). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. It may also agree with the person, gender, and/or number of some of its arguments (subject, object, etc.).
2006-10-16 16:14:44 · answer #9 · answered by Caitlin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the word "neither " is used as a subject ,it takes a singular verb and so the corret sentence would be ...neither of my children looks like me.
2006-10-16 17:48:00 · answer #10 · answered by alpha 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The verb is "look" u can change it to whatever goes with the sentence such as act,walk,are,talk etc.
2006-10-16 16:17:36 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋