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Parts of a Sentence
Simple Subject
 the main word or group of words within the complete
subject
Ex. The baby’s loud crying woke the whole neighborhood.
Complete subject: the baby’s loud crying
Simple subject: crying
Simple Predicate
 the main word or group of words within the complete
predicate
Ex. The Lego car zoomed through the room and crashed onto
the floor.
Complete predicate: zoomed through the room
Simple predicate: zoomed
Sentences that Ask Questions
 To find the subject and predicate in questions, turn the
questions into statements:
Did she finish the quiz?
She did finish the quiz.
Were you late to school today?
You were late to school today.
Sentences Beginning with There or
Here
 There and here are never the subject of a sentence.
There are mice in our woodshed.
Here is the missing clue!
To find the subjects of these sentences, ask “Who?” or “What?”
before the verb followed by there or here.
Understood Subjects
 Requests or commands typically have an understood subject:
you.
Don’t jump on the couch!
Please take your shoes off before stepping on the rug.
Complements
 Complements are words or groups of words that complete
the meaning of a predicate.
 Complements include:
 predicate nominatives (predicate noun)
 predicate adjectives
 direct objects
 indirect objects
Subject Complements
 These follow linking verbs.
 Predicate Nominative: a noun or pronoun in the predicate
that explains or identifies the subject of the sentence.
 Predicate Adjective: an adjective in the predicate that
modifies the subject of the sentence
Object Complements
 These occur in sentences with action verbs.
 Direct object: a noun or pronoun that receives the action of
the verb or shows the result of action. It answers the
question “Whom?” or “What?”
 Indirect object: a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct
object and usually tells to whom, for whom, to what or for
what the action of the verb is done.
Common Sentence Structures
 S V
 S AV DO
 S AV IO DO
 S LV PN
 S LV PA