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Part 5 - Sentences
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A SENTENCE MUST HAVE…
Subject
Predicate
Complete Thought
Basic Sentence Parts
Simple
Subject
Simple
Predicate
Subjects in
Unusual
Order
Complete
Predicate
SIMPLE SUBJECT
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Resource: GFW workbook, page 4
The simple subject is the main word or words
that the sentence is about. Words that describe
the subject are not a part of the simple subject.
If a proper name is used as the subject, all parts
of the name make up the simple subject.
Dr. Joe Johnson was mad at me.
Flying insects all over the world are fascinating.
SIMPLE PREDICATE
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Tells what the subject is doing in the sentence. It is a verb
and may be any of the following kinds of verbs:
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Action Verbs tell what the subject does, even when the
action cannot be seen.
Linking Verbs tell what the subject “is”
Verb Phrase indicates there is more than one verb in the
sentence. There is at least one helping verb and main verb.
EXAMPLES:
 Children around the world love folktales
 Children around the world would love folktales.
 She is smart.
 He may be going to the library.
SUBJECTS IN
UNUSUAL ORDER
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In most sentences, the subject comes before
the verb. This is called NATURAL ORDER.
The book flew across the room.
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In some sentences, subjects may come after
the verb, between the verb phrase, or not
appear at all.
SUBJECTS IN UNUSUAL ORDER
1) In an order or command, (imperative
sentence) the subject is usually “you.” The
subject is NOT in the sentence and we say it
“understood.” Example: Study the your notes
for the test carefully.
2) Sentences that begin with a prepositional
phrase (called an inverted sentence) the subject
comes after the verb.
 Example: Into the car, climbed the boy.
SUBJECTS IN UNUSUAL ORDER
3) Sentence that begins with HERE or THERE
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There are the boundaries of the farm.
Note: NATURAL ORDER would be: The boundaries of the farm
are there.
4) In most questions, (interrogative sentences) the
subject comes after the verb or between parts of
the verb phrase.
 Are you excited?
 Have you been to the city?
Fragments & Run-On
Fragment
Run-On
•A part of a sentence written as
if it were a sentence
•missing a subject, predicate or
complete thought
• Two or more sentences written as if
they were a single sentence.
• When you combine two sentences
with a conjunctions, use a comma
before the conjunction.
Phrase VS. Clause
Phrase
Clause
•a group of words that is a fragment.
•It cannot stand alone as a sentence.
•i.e. Prepositional phrase: in the wind
•i.e. Infinitive phrase: to run
•A clause (independent) can stand
alone as a sentence but not always
(dependent).
•It always has a subject and
predicate.
Two Types of Clauses
Independent
Clause
Dependent
Clause
Independent Clause
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Expresses a complete thought
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Can stand alone as a sentence
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It is also called a main clause
Dependent (Subordinate) Clause
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Cannot stand alone as a sentence
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Does not express a complete thought
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It is a fragment.
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Often begins with a subordinating
conjunction: (i.e because, although, when,
before, so, that, while, unless)
Can be joined to an independent clause to
make a complete sentence
FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES
Simple
Compound
Complex
CompoundComplex
Simple Sentence
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1.
2.
3.
4.
One independent clause and NO dependent
clauses.
A simple sentence may have compound
subject or compound predicate.
It has nothing to do with the length of the
sentence.
Bob went to the store.
Bob and Sue went to the store.
Bob and Sue went to the store on the corner near the
center of town to buy groceries and to get some drinks
for the party.
Bob went to the store and went to the post office.
Compound Sentence
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have two or more independent clauses joined with a
coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or by a semicolon.
The clauses must be close in thought.
They chose Maxine’s essay as the winner, but the judges
said the final choice was hard.
 We can go to the party, or we can go to the dance.
 Morgan & Ed disagree on some essays; however, they
agreed on the quality of Angelica’s writing.
Complex Sentence
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an independent clause & one or
more dependent clauses.
When I was eight, my family visited
Yosemite.
Compound-Complex
Sentence
Has two or more independent clauses and one or
more dependent clauses.
For years, nobody had entered the old house,
but everyone knew the story that the house
was haunted.
DIRECT OBJECTS
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A Direct Object is a noun or pronoun
that receives the action of a transitive verb.
Can be more than one in a sentence (Compound DO)
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Found by asking "Whom"? or "What" receives the
action of the verb. Subject + Predicate + what? = DO
Mother invited Uncle Bill and Aunt Clara
to a party. Dad gave them an invitation.
CAUTION: If a noun is an adverb or O.P., it cannot
be a D.O.
Direct Object
in a Question
What did you have for dinner?
To help figure it out, change it to statement:
You have what for dinner.
INDIRECT OBJECTS
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Nouns or pronouns that come after the action verb
and before a direct object.
PATTERN = Subject + verb + i.o. + d.o.
It names the person or thing to which something is
given or for which something is done.
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An i.o. never follows the preposition to or for in a
sentence.
A sentence must have a direct object to have an
indirect object.
PREDICATE NOUN
Also called a Predicate Nominative, it is a noun that
renames and defines the subject . It always comes
after a linking verb predicate.
1. The circus is a special place.
circus = place
2.
Mrs. Jenkins is a teacher.
Mrs. Jenkins = teacher.
Note: if a word is in the prepositional
phrase and an O.P. it cannot be a PN!