Can someone help me please?
In the sentence below identify the main verb.

In addition, the research indicated that girls were more likely to get hurt and twice as lucky to have a concussion.
a. were
b. have
c. get
d. indicated

I chose b. have am i correct?

Question

Can someone help me please?
In the sentence below identify the main verb.

In addition, the research indicated that girls were more likely to get hurt and twice as lucky to have a concussion.
a. were
b. have 
c. get 
d. indicated

I chose b. have am i correct?

anonymous · Answer

@KyanTheDoodle @perl @Nnesha

anonymous · Answer

@thomaster @pooja195 @sleepyjess

kyanthedoodle · Answer

What's the only action verb in the options?

anonymous · Answer

@KyanTheDoodle have

kyanthedoodle · Answer

...No. You can't "have". Take a look at this sentence and see if it makes any sense.

Twili can have higher than Sasha.

Doesn't that sound weird? Which one of the options is what you can do?

anonymous · Answer

oh so its get

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Well it's a verb, but it's not the main verb. The main verb is what the subject is doing. In this case, "the research" is the subject. What is the research doing?

anonymous · Answer

the researcher is indicating

kyanthedoodle · Answer

Yes.

jack1 · Answer

why not "get"  ?
I can Get something... so it's a doing word...?