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Introducing… Renee Haerle and Katie Proal
CHAPTER 1
PARTS OF A SENTENCE
The Sentence
 A sentence has a subject, predicate, and
complete thought.
 A sentence begins with a capital letter and
ends with a period, a question mark, or an
exclamation point.
 Examples:
 She won an award for her book.
 Why did you stop running?
 Wait!
Sentence or sentence
fragment?
 A sentence fragment is a group of words that looks like a
sentence but does not contain both a subject and a verb
or does not express a complete thought.
 Sentence Fragments:
 Sailing around the world.[ the word group lacks a subject.]
 The hike through the Grand Canyon.[ The word group lacks a
verb.]
 Sentence:
 They are sailing around the world.
 The hike through the Grand Canyon was long and hard.
Subject
 The subject tells who or what the sentence is about.
 Examples:
 Katie Proal is a writer and an artist.
 Renee is a good student. ( oh yes she is )
 To find the subject, ask who or what is doing
something or whom or what is being talked about. The
subject may come at the beginning, middle, or end of
the sentence.
 Examples:
 How kind you are![ Who is kind? You are kind.]
 Hiding in the grass was a baby Katie .[ What was hiding? A baby
Katie was hiding.]
Simple Subject and Complete
Subject
 The simple subject is the main word or word group
that tells who or what the sentence is about.
 The complete subject consists of all the words that
tell who or what the sentence is about.
 Examples:
 A round walnut table with five legs stood in the middle of
the dining room.
 Simple subject:
 Complete subject:
table
A round walnut table with five legs
 The four new students arrived early.
 Simple subject:
 Complete subject:
students
The four new students
Compound Subjects
 A compound subject consists of two or more
subjects that are joined by a conjunction and
that have the same verb.
 The conjunctions most commonly used to
connect the words of a compound subject are
and and or.
 Examples:
 Paris and London remain favorite tourist attractions.[
The two parts of the compound subject have the same
verb, remain]
 Katie and Renee are Mrs. Tickles favorite students.[
The two names, Katie and Renee, share the verb are].
The Predicate
 The predicate of a sentence tells something
about the subject.
 Examples:
 The phone rang.
 Old faithful is a giant geyser in Yellowstone National
Park.
 Like the subject, the predicate may be found
anywhere in a sentence.
 Examples:
 Outside the tent was a fat bear.
 Late in the night we heard a noise.[ the complete
predicate in this sentence is divided by the subject, we.]
Simple predicate and
Complete predicate
 The simple predicate, or verb, is the main word or
word group that tells something about the subject.
 The complete predicate consists of a verb and all
the words that describe the verb and its complete
meaning.
 Examples
 The telephone on the table rang.
 Simple predicate:
 Complete predicate:
rang
rang
 The pilot broke the sound barrier.
 Simple predicate:
 Complete predicate:
broke
broke the sound barrier
Verb phrase
 If there is a verb phrase, it is all considered the simple
predicate.
 Examples:
 Renee is riding the pony.
 Should Katie have gotten here sooner?
 The word not and never are not verbs; they are
adverbs. Adverbs are never part of a verb or verb
phrase.
 Examples:
 “I will never say never!”- J. Beibs♥
Compound verbs
 A compound verb consists of two or more verbs that
are joined by a conjunction and that have the same
subject.
 The conjunctions most commonly used to connect
the words of a compound verb are and, or, and but.
 Examples:
 The rain has fallen for days and is still falling.
 A sentence may contain both a compound subject
and a compound verb.
 Examples
 A few vegetables and many flowers sprouted and grew in
the rich soil.[ the vegetables sprouted and grew, and the
flowers sprouted and grew.]
Kinds of Sentences
 Declarative
 Imperative
 Interrogative
 Exclamatory
Declarative Sentences
 A declarative sentence makes a statement
and ends with a period.
 Examples:
 Renee was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
 I couldn’t hear what Katie was saying.
Imperative Sentences
 An imperative sentence gives a command or
makes a request. Usually ends with a period;
however, if it’s a strong command it may end
with an exclamation mark.
 Examples:
 Be quiet during the movie. [command]
 Please give me more candy.[request]
 Stop, Renee![strong command]
Interrogative Sentences
 An interrogative sentence asks a question
and ends with a question mark.
 Example:
 Katie, how much did that ice cream cost?
 Can I get a new puppy dog?
Exclamatory Sentences
 An exclamatory sentence shows excitement
and expresses strong feeling and ends with
an exclamation point.
 Example:
 Renee won her soccer game!
 How terrifying was that movie!
Helpful Hints^*
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Look at end punctuation
Look for conjunctions
All simple subjects are nouns or pronouns
All simple predicates are verbs
**don’t forget helping verbs**
 Prepositional phrases are part of the complete
subject or complete predicate depending on
what they modify
**If the prep phrase starts the sentence and
is followed by a comma it will always be part of
the complete predicate**