Finds of Sentences
Simple Subjects/Predicates
Complete Subjects/ Predicates
Sentence Patterns
Fragments, Comma Splices, Fused Sentences
100

Israel is located in southwestern Asia

Declarative/.

100

Hebrew and Arabic are the official languages of Israel.

Simple Subject: Hebrew and Arabic

Simple Predicate: are

100

Israel has a democratic republic with a parliament-cabinet form of government.

Complete Subject: Israel

Complete Predicate: has a democratic republic with a parliament-cabinet form of government.

100

The president of Israel functions as the head of state.

Subject: president

Verb: (InV) functions

100

Hebrew, the Israeli's main language.

Fragment

200

Did you know that Israel was declared a country in 1948

Interrogative/?

200

Approximately 80 percent of the population of Israel is Jewish.

Simple Subject: percent

Simple Predicate: is

200

Israel's parliament is called the Knesset.

Complete Subject: Israel's parliament

Complete Predicate: is called the Knesset.

200

The president serves a five-year term.

Subject: president

Verb: (TrV) serves

DO: term

200

Most of the Arabs in Israel speak Arabic.

Sentence

300

The Knesset building is the home of the Israeli parliament

declarative/.

300

Many Jews arrived in Palestine.

Simple Subject: Jews

Simple Predicate: arrived

300

Israelis vote for a party, not an individual.

Complete Subject: Israelis

Complete Predicate: vote for a party, not an individual.

300

Elected councils are the local government in Israel.

Subject: councils

Verb: (LV) are

PN: government

300

Most of the Arabs live in communities separate from the Jews, they also speak a different language.

Comma Splice

400

How beautiful the Star of David is

Exclamatory/!

400

They wanted a Jewish state in Palestine.

Simple Subject: They

Simple Predicate: wanted

400

The prime minister maintains the support of a majority and leads the policy-making group.

Complete Subject: The prime minister

Complete Predicate: maintains the support of a majority and leads the policy-making group.

400

Regional councils are larger than elected councils.

Subject councils

Verb (LV): are

PA: larger

400

The Jewish way of life is different from that of the Arabs.

Sentence

500

Look at the Knesset building

Imperative/.

500

Have you heard of Zionism?

Simple Subject: you

Simple Predicate: have heard

500

Does the Knesset have to approve the cabinet appointments?

Complete Subject: the Knesset

Complete Predicate: Does/have to approve the cabinet appointments

500

The minister of the interior assigns officials different sections of Israel.

Subject: minister

Verb: (TrV): assigns

IO: people

DO: sections

500

Yiddish is a Germanic language it developed in Jewish communities in Europe.

Fused Sentence

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