sentence structure *a sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought
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Sentence Structure
*A sentence is a group of words expressing a complete thought.
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I. Subjects
Definition: The person, place, thing, or idea that the sentence is all about!
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I. Subjects
A. Complete subject – all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
Some architects create
amazing buildings.
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I. Subjects
B. Simple subject – the main noun/pronoun in the complete subject.
Some architects create
amazing buildings.
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II. Predicates
Definition: What the subject of the sentence does, or a statement of what the subject is!
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II. Predicates
A. Complete predicate– the verb and all the words that complete the verb’s meaning.
Some architects create
amazing buildings.
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II. Predicates
B. Simple predicate– the verb or verb phrase
Some architects create
amazing buildings.
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II. PredicatesB. Simple Predicates
1. Verb phrases – include a main verb and one or more helping verbsForms of be: am, is, are, was, were,
be, being, beenForms of do: do, does, didForms of have: has, have, hadOthers: may, might, must, can, could,
should, would, shall, will
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III. Compound PartsDefinition: More than one subject,
and/or more than one verb! Compounds use conjunctions to join the subjects or verbs. (and, or, but, etc.)
Architects and builders must work together and design the buildings.
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III. Compound Parts
A. Compound subject: two or more subjects that share the same verb.
Architects and builders
must work together and
design the buildings.
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III. Compound Parts
B. Compound predicate: two or more verbs that share the same subject.
Architects and builders
must work together and
design the buildings.
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IV. Sentence Order
A. Normal order: Declarative and exclamatory sentences usually have subject first, then the verb.
Some architects create amazing buildings.
(subject) (predicate/verb)
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IV. Sentence Order
B. Unusual order: some sentences place the subjects within the sentence, not at the beginning.
Can you see where to go?
Go to the concession stand.
From the beginning he was lost.
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IV. Sentence OrderB. Unusual order
1. Interrogative sentences: subject comes after verb, or between parts of verb phrase
Can you see where to go?
you = subject can see = verb phrase
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IV. Sentence OrderB. Unusual order
2. Imperative sentences: subject is usually you, but not usually written
Go to the concession stand.
(you) = understood subject go = verb
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IV. Sentence OrderB. Unusual order
3. Inverted sentences: subject often comes after the verb, or subject and verb are after a prepositional phrase
From the beginning he was lost.
There are two ways to go.
Left and right looked the clueless student.