The word 'contract' is both a verb and a noun.
The noun forms of the verb to contract are contractor, contraction, and the gerund, contracting.
I can give you several sentences.
Contract is usually a noun, an agreement, generally legal and signed. "We signed the contract for the new house yesterday."
Contract is also used as a verb, meaning to agree. "The builder contracted to complete the house by September.
Contract as a verb can also mean to shrink. "In winter the foundations of the house contracted and a crack appeared in the wall."
Contract is a noun and a verb, but they are pronounced differently. Noun: Please sign the contract. Verb: Kylie contracted a rare disease.
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Startled is the verb in your sentence.
If the verb is the whole sentence, then it is not a sentence, but a sentence fragment. A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb. Examples of Sentence Fragments: Run. Hide. Watch.
I will contract with the supplier for a monthly delivery of materials.
As a noun: I made a contract for an apartment lease As a verb: I contracted for electricity supply to my house.
Contract can be a noun or a verb. Examples: Did you sign the contract? Measles is very contagious and easy to contract if you do not have immunity.
As a way to acquire something, used as a verb it usually referrs to an illness or malady. EX "I think I may have contracted strep throat from kids at school." "Some how Sally contracted all the test answers by sneaking in and stealing them when the teachers weren't around. "Unprotected sex is a good way to contract a std." When you feel your heart beat, you are feeling the muscles of the heart contract in order to push the blood from one chamber to another, or to an artery.
The phrase "I'm writing to inform you that you've been awarded the contract" is a sentence and contains a subject (I) and a verb (writing). It is a declarative sentence conveying a message or information.
The verb in the sentence "How are they different" is "are."
The word "signed" can function as both a subject and a predicate, depending on how it is used in a sentence. For example, in the sentence "She signed the contract," "signed" is the verb in the predicate. In the sentence "The signed document is on the desk," "signed" is part of the subject.
The verb is the action word in a sentence that describes what the subject is doing.
Contract is a noun and a verb, but they are pronounced differently. Noun: Please sign the contract. Verb: Kylie contracted a rare disease.
Yes, "contract" can be used as a verb to describe the act of making a formal agreement or reducing in size. For example, "They need to contract with the supplier for the new materials" or "The metal will contract as it cools."
The verb in that sentence is "are".
Were is the verb in that sentence.