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SIMPLE SENTENCES
English 21 – Ms. Brown
Simple Sentences:
Presentation Outline and Objectives
• Topics of discussion:
– What is a sentence?
– What are simple sentences?
• By the end of this presentation you will:
– Know how to find the subject in a sentence
– Know how to find the predicate in a sentence
– Understand how to use a coordinating conjunction to
create a compound subject and a compound verb
• This presentation will help address:
– English 21 SLO #1
Simple Sentences:
Terms to Know
• A sentence:
– is a complete thought
– has at least 1 subject and 1 verb
• A subject:
– is who or what the sentence is about
• The subject is the doer in the sentence.
• A predicate:
– is everything that follows the subject including verb(s)
and phrase(s)
• The verb is the doing in the sentence.
SIMPLE SENTENCES
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
• A sentence is a complete thought.
• A simple sentence has two parts: a subject
and a predicate.
– What is a subject? The subject is who or what the
sentence is about.
– Here’s a tip: Read the sentence and turn it into a
question to find the subject. For example:
• Miguel enjoys surfing. Who enjoys surfing?
Miguel! (Miguel is the subject.)
SUBJECTS IN SENTENCES
Sentences
• Maria listened to music.
The Subject
• Maria
• Beauty fades.
• Beauty
• Los Angeles is a large city.
• Los Angeles
• Running is good exercise.
• Running
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
• A sentence is a complete thought.
• A sentence has two parts: a subject and a
predicate.
– What is a predicate? The predicate is everything
that comes after the subject in a sentence, which
includes the verb, prepositions, or phrase. For
example:
• Miguel enjoys surfing.
– Subject = Miguel
– Predicate = enjoys surfing.
WHAT IS A SENTENCE?
• A sentence is a complete thought.
• A sentence has two parts: a subject and a
predicate.
– Here’s a tip: Use process of elimination. Find your
subject first and what remains in the sentence will
be the predicate. For example:
• Peyton Manning is a talented quarterback.
– Subject = Peyton Manning
– Predicate = is a talented quarterback.
PREDICATES IN SENTENCES
Sentences
• Maria listened to music.
The Predicate
• listened to music
• Beauty fades.
• fades
• Los Angeles is a large city.
• is a large city
• Running is good exercise.
• is good exercise
Can a simple sentence
have more than 1 subject
and more than 1 verb?
ABSOLUTELY!
Let’s take a
look…
SUBJECTS IN SENTENCES
• Sometimes, a sentence will have more than
one subject.
• A sentence with more than one subject will
use a coordinating conjunction to join the
subjects.
– Coordinating conjunctions are the FANBOYS:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Sentences with more than one subject are
called compound subjects.
COMPOUND SUBJECTS
Sentences
• Maria and Miguel listened
to music.
• Beauty and vanity fade.
Compound subjects
• Maria, Miguel
• Beauty, vanity
• Los Angeles, Dallas, and
New York are large cities.*
• Los Angeles, Dallas, New
York
• Running and weightlifting
are good exercises.
• Running, weightlifting
*Commas are used before the conjunction with 3 or more subjects in a sentence.
COMPOUND SUBJECTS
Let’s try making compound subjects with another
coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)!
COMPOUND SUBJECTS
Sentences
• She or I will pick up the
movie passes.
Compound Subjects
• She, I
• Fruit or cheese is a healthy
snack.
• Fruit, cheese
COMPOUND VERBS
• Sometimes, a sentence will have more than
one verb.
• A sentence with more than one verb will use a
coordinating conjunction to join the verbs.
– Coordinating conjunctions are the FANBOYS:
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
• Sentences with more than one verb are
called compound verbs.
COMPOUND VERBS
Sentences
• Maria listened to music and
danced.
Compound Verbs
• listened, danced
• Beauty fades and dies.
• fades, dies
• Los Angeles attracts tourists
and grows crowded every
year.
• attracts, grows
• Running injures my knees and
hurts my feet.
• injures, hurts
COMPOUND VERBS
Sentences
• Maria listened to music but
did not dance.
• Beauty fades or dies.
• Los Angeles attracts tourists
and needs more freeways.
• Running injures my knees,
aches my feet, yet strengthens
my heart.
Compound Verbs
• listened, did dance (not is
the adverb)
• fades, dies
• attracts, needs
• injures, aches, strengthens
SIMPLE SENTENCES
WHAT ARE SIMPLE SENTENCES?
SIMPLE SENTENCES
• Sentences are complete thoughts.
• Simple sentences typically appear in 4 different
ways:
– SV (1 subject, 1 verb)
– SVV (1 subject, 2 verbs)
• Note: This is a compound verb. You will need 1 FANBOYS.
– SSV (2 subjects, 1 verb)
• Note: This is a compound subject. You will need 1 FANBOYS.
– SSVV (2 subjects, 2 verbs)
• Note: Here we have a compound subject and a compound
verb. You will need two FANBOYS.
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SV
• Maria ate dinner.
• I can sing.
• The weather is warm today.
• They studied together.
• Love makes me happy.
• My teachers challenge me
to do well.
• He took his date to the
movies.
SVV
• Maria ate dinner and watched
TV.
• I can sing or dance.
• They studied together yet did
not talk.
• Love makes me happy and sets
me free.
• College stresses me out yet
prepares me for the world.
• He took his date to the movies
and paid for the tickets.
Let’s give this a try!
• Ms. Brown will call students to the whiteboard
for participation points.
• Each student will write a simple sentence in
each formula:
– SV (1 subject, 1 verb)
– SSV (2 subjects, 1 verb)
– SVV (1 subject, 2 verbs)
– SSVV (2 subjects, 2 verbs)
SIMPLE SENTENCES
SSV
• Maria and I ate dinner.
• He or I can sing.
• The weather and sunset are
beautiful today.
• He nor I want to empty the
trashcan.
• My teachers and parents
challenge me to do well.
• He and I took our dates to
the movies.
SSVV
• Maria and I ate dinner and
watched American Idol.
• He or I can sing and dance
for you.
• Love and laughter make me
happy and set me free.
• College and studying stress
me out yet prepare me for
the world.
• He and I wined and dined
our dates.