Reference no: EM133579803
Question: Write the simple subject (without modifiers or other related words) in the first blank and the verb, verb phrase, or compound verb in the second blank. In some sentences, the subject may be understood.
1. The grey pigeons were sitting on the bench
2. He ran to the car and opened the door
3. Only in early spring can one find violets
4. The reason for his refusal was not known
5. Some of the players forgot their lines
6. Listening to the noise hour after hour grew tiresome
7. He dived into the water and swarm to the raft
8. Both of us, Ralph, and I, were accepted
9. In such troubled times, could he have done differently?
10 There were a knife and 2 guns in the car
11. out of the locker room burst room burst the determined team
12. Have any others have cause to complain?
13. There proved to be only two items missing
14. None of his report was fully trusted
15. The real meaning of the event, according to historians was obscured by the newspaper
16. All sources investigated were listed in the report
17. Stopping for a little rest was sufficient
18. The men and the mice should be separated
19, Mary, having foreseen the disaster, had already called the police
20. Laughing and shouting, we carried him off the field
21, Here are the necessary tools
22. These are the best tools available
23. But Joe, unwilling to hurt anyone, refused to fight
24, the size of the dessert and the desolation awed me
25. In spite of all our pleading, he resigned as president