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Grammar Notes
Honors English 9
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Sentence: a group of words that contains a
subject and its predicate, and makes a complete
thought.
◦ To say anything clearly, we must say two things: what
we are talking about (subject) and what we are saying
about it (predicate).
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Each thought must have these two parts:
One
Two
subject
predicate
what we’re talking about what we’re saying
about it
A fragment is an incomplete thought.
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The simple subject of the sentence is the
noun or subject pronoun that the sentence is
about.
The complete subject includes the simple
subject and all of its modifiers.
Compound subject: a double subject: more
than one noun or pronoun used as a double
subject of the same clause
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Predicate: the verb and other words that are
about the subject
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Simple predicate = the verb.
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Complete predicate = everything that is said
about the subject.
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Compound predicate: the subject takes more
than one verb as its predicate.
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Direct Object – a noun or object pronoun that receives the
action of the action verb.
DO
◦ It answers this question: What is the “thing” the Subject
“Verbs”?
◦ Action verbs are called transitive if there is a direct object.
◦ S
AV
DO
◦ We walked the dog.
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◦ Action verbs are called intransitive if there is no direct
object.
S
AV
adverb
We walked slowly.
Only object pronouns (e.g., him, her, us)may be direct
objects.
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Indirect Object –
◦ a noun or object pronoun
◦ indirectly affected by the action verb
◦ located between the action verb and the direct object.
S
AV IO
DO
You gave me nothing.
NOTE: If there is an indirect object, there MUST
be a direct object.
The indirect object is an alternative to using a
prepositional phrase.
S
AV
DO
(prep phrase)
You gave nothing to me.
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In your composition notebook, write 5
sentences using your current vocabulary
words. Be sure that each includes an ACTION
VERB.
For each sentence, label the subject (s), the
simple predicate (v) and, if included, the
direct object (DO) and indirect object (IO).
◦ Remember, not all sentences have direct objects.
◦ You will only have an indirect object if there is also
a direct object.
◦ Not every sentence with a direct object has an
indirect object as well.