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Different Sentences
MANY DIFFERENT SENTENCES ARE USED
WHEN WE WRITE. THE POWER POINT WILL
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT SENTENCES AND
HOW THEY ARE USED.
Sentence Formulas
 Predicate Noun formula
 Predicate Adjective formula
 Direct object sentence
 indirect Object sentence
Predicate Noun
 Find the complete subject.
 Divide in between the complete subject and complete
predicate.
 Underline the subject.
 Underline the linking verb twice.
 Finally circle the predicate noun.
- In the predicate noun the suffix usually ends with “tion”
and “ance”
- The noun usually refers to a name of the subject. Sort of
like a nickname.
Santa Fe is the capital. PN
Predicate Adjective
 As before divide the sentence after the complete
subject and before the complete predicate.
 Underline the subject once.
 Then underline the linking verb twice.
 Last you circle the predicate adjective.
- The predicate adjective usually describes the
subject.
Example: Short, tall, skinny, etc…
Kim is very short. PA
Direct Object Formulas
 Divide the sentence and underline the subject once.
 Then you under line the action verb twice.
- The action verb is different from the linking verb.
Example of action verb: Give, eat, ate, etc…
 Finally circle the direct object.
- The direct object is an object.
Example: Rose, pumpkin, tie, ball, etc…
Sam ate the pie. DO
Indirect Object Formulas
 Divide the sentence.
 Under line the subject once and action verb twice.
- Usually in this sentence the action verb is something like
give or gave.
 She subject gives someone or something an object.
- It is most likely a person.
 Box the person.
 Then circle the object.
* Remember the box always comes before the circle.
Jon gave Sally IO a card. DO
Irregular Sentences
 Question sentences
 Command sentences
 Inverted sentences “yoda”
 Here and there sentences
Question Sentences
 The sentences is NEVER divided.
 The subject is after or in between the verb.
- Remember to underline the subject once and the
verb twice.
Do you eat hamburgers?
Command Sentences
 In a command there isn't a subject.
 It is NEVER divided
 Then if that happens you us the “understood you”.
- the understood you is the subject.
 The verb I usually the commanding part.
(x) Stand!
Inverted “yoda” Sentences
 The sentence is NEVER divided
 The subject and verb are usually at the end.
 The beginning of the sentence is “OP”
(From the mall OP the girl arrived.
Here and There Sentences
 This sentence starts with either here or there.
 Here and there are never subjects.
 The verb and subject are still in the sentence.
 This is NEVER divided
- Slash out here and there
Here is the man.
There goes the boy.
Two Parts of a Sentence
Complete subject
 The complete subject includes all the words the tell
what the sentence is about.
Complete predicate
 The complete predicate includes the verb and all the
words that complete the verb.
Complete subject
Complete predicate
Small towns hold town meetings.
Incorrect Sentences
Right Sentence
 Complete sentence
Wrong Sentence
 Fragment
 Run On
Complete Sentence
 A complete sentence has all the parts a sentence
needs.
- Complete subject
- Complete predicate
- The sentence starts with a capital letter
- The sentence ends with a punctuation.
Capital
Complete subject
Complete predicate
Punctuation
Sally from Gallup needs a new car.
Fragment
 The fragment is when you are missing part or both
parts of a complete sentence.
 The complete predicate is missing.
Ghost towns usually around deserted mines and oil fields …
 The complete subject is missing.
… Abandoned them after the mines or fields were exhausted.
Run On
 A run on sentence consists of two or more sentences
written as one.
Subject
verb
subject
verb
Most ghost towns are in ruins, some have been restored
to their original conditions.
Different Sentences
HALEY BIA
11/3/12
GRAMMAR PROJECT
CLASS A