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A one-page CAPS Grade 7 English poster on subject, verb and object (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
The subject is who or what the sentence is about. It usually does the action. Ask: who or what does the verb?
The brave lifeguard rescued a swimmer.
Subject: The brave lifeguard
The verb is the action or state word. It can be one word or a verb phrase (a helping verb and a main verb).
Thato has been painting the gate.
Verb phrase: has been painting
The object is the person or thing that receives the action. Ask: verb + what? or verb + whom?
The cook stirred the soup.
Stirred what? The soup is the object.
Some verbs have no object. Words that tell how, when or where are not objects. After a linking verb (is, are, was, seem, become), the next word describes the subject.
The baby giggled happily.
Our teacher seems tired.
Subjects and objects can be groups of words. Pronouns change form: I, he, she, we and they are subjects. Me, him, her, us and them are objects.
The tall boy from Soweto kicked the new red ball.
She saw them.
In a command, the subject you is understood but not written.
Close the gate!
(You) close the gate.
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