Someone help me I am confused so much!! Subjects & Verbs 1.1
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The of a sentence is who or what the sentence is about. It performs an action or is identified / described by a linking verb.
An verb expresses a physical or mental action.
A verb connects the subject with words that describe or identify it. It expresses a state-of-being.
A verb works with a main verb to make up a verb phrase.
A is a form of a verb that does not function as a verb.

Common Linking Verbs

am is are was were
be been being

look smell seem appear taste
sound feel become remain
Helping Verbs
am be have do can may will
is been has does could must shall
are being had did should might
was would
were

Alvarez instruction active understanding characters what can you conclude about the daughters, based on the passage? check all that apply. her daughters would seek her out at night when she seemed to have a moment to talk to them: they were having trouble at school or they wanted her to persuade their father to give them permission to go into the city or to a shopping mall or a movie - in broad daylight, mami! laura would wave them out of her room. "the problem with you " the problem boiled down to the fact that they wanted to become americans and their father and their mother, too, at first - would have none of it. -“daughter of invention," julia alvarez they struggle to fit in. they feel supported by their mother. they value their mother's advice. they embrace american culture. they want to leave new york