Transcript subject

BASIC PARTS OF A SENTENCE:
SUBJECT: The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being
something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb. Ask the question,
"Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the answer to that question is the subject.
A. A simple subject is the subject of a sentence (stripped of modifiers) and may be a word
or group of words (noun/pronoun).
B. A compound subject consists of two (or more) simple subjects connected.
C. A complete subject consists of the simple subject and all of the words that describe the
subject (its modifiers –adjectives/prep phrases/appositives).
PREDICATE: A predicate is the completer of a sentence. The subject names the "do-er" or "beer" of the sentence; the predicate does the rest of the work.
A. A simple predicate consists of only a verb, verb string, or compound verb; the simple
predicate is quite simply the action verb or linking verb.
B. A compound predicate consists of two (or more) simple predicates connected.
C. A complete predicate consists of the verb and all accompanying modifiers (adverbs/prep
phrases/”stuff”) and other words that receive the action of a transitive verb or complete its
meaning.
LINKING VERB “COMPLETERS”
A predicate adjective follows/completes the predicate (a linking verb) and tells us
something about the subject by modifying/describing.
Ex. I am tall.
A predicate nominative follows/completes the predicate (a linking verb) and tells us
what the subject is by naming it.
Ex. I am a boy.
AVt- (TRANSITIVE VERB) A verb that can take a direct object is called transitive, as the
action of the verb moves--it reaches across (trans) from the actor to the thing acted on.
It is transferred action. Vt’s require an object for meaning.
AVi- (INTRANSITIVE VERB) do not and cannot take an object; they are complete themselves.
*most verbs are just V’s and are simply both
ACTION VERB “COMPLETERS”
A direct object is the receiver of action within a sentence.
Ex. He hit the ball.
I gave a donation.
The indirect object identifies to or for whom or what the action of the verb is performed.
The direct object and indirect object are different people or places or things. In the
following examples the direct object is in bold and indirect italicized.
Ex. The instructor gave his students A's. -A’s are what he gave; the students is to whom
he gave
Ex. Grandfather left Rosa and Rob all his money.
and Rob is to whom he left
-All his money is what he left; Rosa
While technically not a sentence “COMPLETER”…
The OBJECT of the PREPOSITION completes a prepositional phrase.
Recall the definition… a prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a
preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun object that shows relationship to another
word in the sentence.
While that definition may feel wordy, you understand that the following is incomplete:
I gave the gift for.
The word “for” is dangling and needs completed in order the prepositional phrase to create
meaning.
I gave the gift for his birthday.
The word “birthday” functions as and is referred to as the object of the preposition (OP).