Subject/Verb
Helen's abduction by Paris caused the ten-year Trojan War.
Subject: abduction
Verb: caused
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
My brother and my sister-in-law are going to language school. In order to speak French.
Fragment
The author of Silas Marner
Who is George Elliot (Mary Ann Evans)?
The first person who tried to befriend Silas in Raveloe
Who is Dolly Winthrop?
The large wooden horse left for the Trojans contained a number of Greek warriors.
Subject: horse
Verb: contained
Thomas Jefferson became the third president of the United States.
complement: president
Although several expeditions have climbed Mount Ararat, none have succeeded in locating Noah's ark.
Sentence
The town where Silas lived when he was younger and turned out of the church
What is Lantern Yard?
The name of Godfrey's secret wife
What is Molly Farren?
Huge serpents, sent by the Greek gods, came out of the sea and strangled Laocoon and his two sons.
Subject: serpents
Verb(s): came / strangled
Please hand me one of those apples in the basket.
complement: one
Timbuktu became known as the "meeting place of camel and canoe." Because Arabs from North Africa traded there with tribesmen from farther inland.
Fragment
The name of the horse Dunstan was supposed to sell for Godfrey
What is Wildfire?
“There is no just God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness against the innocent.”
Who is Silas Marner?
Study to show thyself approved unto God.
Subject: (You)
Verb: study
Paul remained a faithful apostle of Jesus Christ despite opposition and persecution.
complement: apostle
The tourists visited Lade Vanern, the largest lake in Sweden.
Sentence
The name of the Cass family home
What is Red House?
“I might get you turned out of house and home, and cut off with a shilling any day. I might tell the Squire how his handsome son was married to that nice young woman, Molly Farren, and was very unhappy because he couldn’t live with his drunken wife.”
Who is Dunstan Cass?
In the beginning was the Word.
Subject: Word
Verb: was
The Saxon words in English are simple and substantial.
complement(s): simple / substantial
Diesel engines are being used in most large trucks today, gasoline engines are used in the vast majority of cars.
Run-on
The only "evidence" that was found after Silas was robbed
What is the tinderbox?
“Well, Master Marner, it’s niver too late to turn over a new leaf, and if you’ve niver had no church, there’s no telling the good it’ll do you.”
Who is Dolly Winthrop?