Transcript Parts of the Sentence

Parts of the Sentence
11 English
Grammar Review
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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a
complete thought. Every sentence can be
divided into two parts – the subject and the
predicate.
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The simple subject tells who or what performs
the action in a sentence. Ex: The slender Artic
tern migrates remarkable distances.
The simple predicate tells what the subject did
or what happened to the subject. Ex: Many terns
have flown from the Artic Circle to the Atlantic
Circle and back again.
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The complete subject includes the simple
subject and all the words that modify it. Ex: The
slender Artic tern migrates remarkable distances.
The complete predicate includes all the words
that tell what the subject did or what happened
to the subject. Ex: Many terns have flown from
the Artic Circle to the Antarctic Circle and back
again.
Now You Try
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Complete questions 1-8 on page 19 of your
grammar workbook.
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A compound subject consists of two or more
subjects that share a verb. Ex: The cat and the
dog fight over the pet toys.
A compound verb consists of two or more
verbs or verb phrases that share the same
subject. Ex: The lights glimmer and ripple across
the night sky.
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A compound predicate consists of a compound
verb and all the words that go with each verb.
Ex: A magnetic storm in the upper atmosphere
causes the lights and creates their eerie, shifting
patterns.
Now You Try
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Complete questions 1-7 on page 22 of your
grammar workbook.
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A declarative sentence states a fact, wish, intent,
or feeling. Ex: Severe thunderstorms can cause
some unusual droppings from the sky.
An interrogative sentence asks a question. Ex:
Have you heard of fish-falls in northern
Australia?
An imperative sentence gives a command,
request, or direction. Ex: Read some firsthand
reports from people about fish-falls.
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An exclamatory sentence expresses strong
feeling. Ex: How unnerving the thump of fish
bodies must be!
Inverted sentences are sentences in which the
subject follows the verb or comes in the middle
of a verb phrase. Ex: Have any botanists in your
area encountered a cobra lily? Within its long,
slippery leaves lies a death trap for careless bugs.
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The words here and there almost never function
as the subjects of sentences. In sentences that
begin with these words, the subject usually
follows all or part of the verb. Ex: There are
several other carnivorous plants besides the
cobra lily. Here are some examples: Venus
flytraps, sundews, and bladderworts.
Now You Try
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Complete questions 1-6 on page 25 of your
grammar workbook.
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A direct object is a noun or pronoun that tells
who or what receives the action of the verb. Ex:
Nothing can escape a black hole.
Indirect objects are nouns or pronouns that tell
to or for whom or what the action of the verb is
done. Ex: The Hubble telescope showed
scientists a huge black hole.
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Indirect objects never follow prepositions. A
phrase that begins with to or for is a
prepositional phrase, not an indirect object. Ex:
Pairs of orbiting stars gave the first clue to
researchers. Pairs of orbiting starts gave
researchers the first clue.
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An objective complement is a noun or adjective
that follows the direct object and identifies or
describes it. Only certain verbs, and their
synonyms, can be followed by objective
complements. Ex: appoint, call, choose,
consider, elect, find, keep, make, name, think
Over 1,500 species of fish call the Great Barrier
Reef home.
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A subject complement follows a linking verb
and identifies or describes the subject. Linking
verbs include be, feel, seem, consider, smell,
sound, and taste.
A predicate nominative is a noun used as a
subject complement. Ex: The Amazon is a wide
river.
A predicate adjective is an adjective used as a
subject complement. Ex: In places, neither bank
is visible.
Now You Try
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Complete questions 1- 5 on page 29 of your
grammar workbook.