The core of simple sentences

EXERCISE 1Find the subject and the verb in a sentence

Read the text on the left and answer the questions typing in the correct answer. The answers must match the word in the text. Each sentence has a number. Press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

READ THE TEXTChina: Restaurant rewards obese men and thin women

(1) The Na Huo eatery in Chongqing, south-west China, is trying to attract more customers with promotions based on customers' size. (2) As a male diner's weight increases, (3) so do the discounts. (4) If a man weighs more than 140 kg (5) then he eats for free. (6) However, it's the opposite for women. (7) They only get their food bill covered (8) if they weigh less than 34.5kg. (9) Promotional photos posted on the restaurant's Weibo social media page show diners being weighed with staff looking on. (10)"Na Huo restaurant cares about fat people and thin people. (11) Bring your fat or thin friends, eat for free," (12) it says on the page.


Adapted from BBC News. Full text at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-30446320

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f) The subject in sentence 7 is . The verb is .
g) The subject in sentence 9 is . The verb is .
h)The subject in sentence 10 is . The verb is .