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What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
How many basic parts does a sentence have? how do we call those parts?
2 basic parts: a subject and a predicate.
How can you define the subject of a sentence?
The subject is the part of the sentence that names whom or what the sentence is about.
How can you define the predicate of a sentence?
The predicate is the part of the sentence that says something about the subject.
The subject and the predicate of the sentence are always only one word? True of false?
Both the subject and the predicate can consist of more than one word.
What is the simple subject?
The simple subject is the key noun or pronoun that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate in the following sentence:
´´The students organized a study group for the final exam.´´
Simple subject: students
Simple predicate: organized
Identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence:
´´The professor explained the complex theory during the class.´´
Simple subject: professor
Simple predicate: explained
Identify the predicate in the following sentence:
´´The committee approved the new research proposal yesterday. ´´
Simple predicate: approved
What is the simple predicate?
The simple predicate is the verb of verb phrase that expresses the action or state of being of the subject of the sentence.
When the simple predicate is a verb phrase, it only consists of a verb, without any auxialiary or helping verbs.
True or false?
A simple predicate that is a verb phrase consists of a verb and any auxiliary verb and any helping verbs.
Identify the simple subject in the following sentence:
"The committee approved the new research proposal yesterday.´´
Simple subject: committee