Download The Parts of a Sentence

The Parts of a
Sentence
Subjects, predicates, complements
English I
Subject & Predicate
O Subject – tells whom or what the
sentence is about
O Predicate – says something
about the subject
The Subject
O Simple Subject – the main word
or word group that tells whom or
what the sentence is about
The Subject
O Complete Subject – consists of
the simple subject and any
words, phrases, or clauses that
modify the simple subject
The Subject
O Examples
O Coyotes were howling in the distance.
O The telephone in the lobby rang.
O The woman in the red blouse is my aunt.
O The supportive and enthusiastic crowd
cheered for the marathon runners.
O Out of the beaker rose a foul-smelling foam.
O Did you make the pizza, Travis?
The Predicate
O Simple Predicate (Verb) – the
main word or word group that
tells something about the subject
The Predicate
O Complete Predicate – consists of
a verb and all the words that
describe the verb and complete
its meaning
The Predicate
O Examples
O The ambulance raced out of the hospital
driveway and down the street.
O Josh may have borrowed my book.
O Are you following Mr. Byrne’s advice?
Compound Subjects
O Compound Subject – consists of two or
more subjects that are joined by a
conjunction and that have the same verb
O Tony and Juan baked the bread.
O Tony, Juan and Gilbert baked the bread.
O Either Tony or Juan baked the bread.
Compound Verbs
O Compound Verb – consists of two or more
verbs that are joined by a conjunction and
that have the same subject
O Jim Thorpe entered and won several events in
the 1912 Olympics.
O The committee met, voted on the issue, and
adjourned.
O My sister will buy or lease a car.
Compound Subjects & Verbs
O Both the subject and verb may be
compound
O The students and teachers wrote the play and
produced it.
O Either Roman or Kyle will write the story and
send it to the newspaper.
Identifying Parts of a Sentence
O Predicate Nominative –a noun or
pronoun that follows a linking verb
(this will be in the predicate and only
follows linking verbs)
O Predicate Adjective – an adjective that
will follow a linking verb (this will be in
the predicate and only follows linking
verbs)
Identifying Parts of a Sentence
O Direct Object – a noun that receives
the action of the verb (this will only be
in sentences with action verbs)
O Indirect Object - a noun or pronoun
that receives the direct object (must
have action verb)(will not have an IO
without a DO)
Predicate Nominative
O Always follows a linking verb
O Dr. Smith is acting president of the university.
O She was the tallest girl on the team.
O This book is one of the author’s best piece of
work.
Predicate Adjective
O Always follows a linking verb
O Francisco is cool.
O His behavior has been outrageous.
O That garbage on the street smells bad.
Direct Object
O Must have an action verb
O They named their son Mark.
O He hit the ball.
O Helpless against the wind, they sought the
services of the fire department.
Indirect Object
O Must have an action verb
O The instructor gave his students A's.
O Grandfather left Jacob and Aaron all his
money.
O Amy sold me her boat.
Types of Sentences
O Declarative Sentence – makes a statement
and ends with a period
O Imperative Sentence – gives a command or
makes a request; ends in a period
O Interrogative Sentence – asks a question
and ends in a question mark
O Exclamatory Sentence – shows excitement
or expresses strong feeling with an
exclamation mark
Identifying & Punctuating the
Kinds of Sentences
O Classify each sentence as imperative,
declarative, interrogative, or exclamatory.
O How clever Sherlock Holmes is
O Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote four novels and
fifty-six short stories about Holmes
O Have you read any of these short stories
O I particularly like the stories in which Holmes
confronts the evil Professor Moriarity
O Read just one of these stories, and see why
millions of mystery fan love Sherlock Holmes
The Sentence
O A sentence is a word or word group that
contains a subject and a verb and that
expresses a complete thought.
O A sentence fragment is a word or word group
that is capitalized and punctuated but that
does not contain both a subject and a verb
or does not express a complete thought.
The Sentence
O Was waiting by the door.
O The clerk was waiting by the door.
O The room with the high ceiling.
O The room with the high ceiling glowed in the
sunset.
O After you have finished the test.
O Exit quietly after you have finished the test.