EXERCISE 2. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE BY ADDING A PREDICATE.SAMPLES

3. you

no sense?

PREDICATE

: Have no sense

VERB

: Have

Without a verb, the predicate cannot tell or ask anything about the subject. For in-

stance, if the verb dropped is left out of the first sentence above, the resulting sentence

cannot convey any clear meaning:

The temperature. . . rapidly.

Does a verb ever consist of more than one word?

Yes, often. A verb may consist of one to four words:

SENTENCE

VERB

They have

no questions. have

have

Do

you any questions? Do . . . have

have been calling

We John all week. have been calling

His phone may have been disconnected . may have been disconnected