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Definitions
Subjects and Verbs
Verbs, Verbs, Verbs
100
What are the steps of the Strategy?
Pick a formula, explore the words, note the words, search and check
100
What are the steps of the strategy?
Mark out imposters, ask is there a verb, root out the subject and key into beginning middle end
100

Who or what the sentence is about.

What is a subject?

100
Sophie and Blaze ran through the woods.
Sophie, Blaze ran
100

I am a verb in its purest form, sitting next to "to"

What is an infinitive?

200
In what step do you think of the words you'll write?
Explore the words
200
In what step are you finding infinitives and prepositional phrases?
Mark out imposters
200

An action or state of being word.

What is a verb?

200
Our family likes to camp out in the woods.
family woods
200

Body and mind are two types of me.

Action verbs.

300
In what step do you decide what kind of sentence to write?
Pick a formula
300
In what step are you making sure you have a capital and an endmark?
Key into the beginning, middle, and end
300

The word "to" and a verb that tries to be the verb.

What is an infinitive?

300
The bottle fell and broke into a million pieces.
bottle fell, broke
300

Am, are, was and were are all examples of this.

What are LINKING VERBS?

400
In what step do you write your sentence down?
Note the words
400
In what step do you find who or what the sentence is about?
Root out the subject
400

A capital letter, verb, subject, ending punctuation and makes sense.

What are the requirements for a complete sentence?

400
Marcie and her brother are at the fair and are going on rides.
Marcie, brother, are, are going
400

I mean either also, with, or very.

What does TOO mean?
500
What step is like editing your sentence?
Search and check
500
In what step do you find the action or state of being word?
Ask"is there a verb?"
500

A word that links the subject to a word that describes its STATE OF BEING.

What is a linking verb?

500
The bread and muffins rose and baked in the oven.
bread, muffins, rose, baked
500

I try to fool you into thinking I'm the main verb in the sentence.  I am an IMPOSTER!

What are INFINITIVES?


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