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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which word in the sentence is the action verb? Together these gases form the comet's head. A. Together B. these C. gases D. form

OpenStudy (bookworm14):

do you have a guess? :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

no

OpenStudy (bookworm14):

Okay, so an action verb is the verb (action word) telling you what is happening. An easy way to find this is to find your subject and predicate your subject is "gases" because this is what the sentence is about! your predicate (which starts with a VERB *hint* ) is "form" the comet's head so gases (subject) , form (predicate/action verb) the comet's head. Do you have a guess now? :)

OpenStudy (bookworm14):

a predicate is the action being performed by the subject so what are the gases (subject) doing? they are forming (form is your action verb/predicate!)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so is it a

OpenStudy (bookworm14):

No, the answer is D. form because form is the action being completed

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