Grammar Study Paper

Subject

Tells whom or what the sentence is about.

Predicate

Tells something about the subject.

 Volcanoes and Volcanic eruptions have long been source of terror.

 How much has your peach crop produced this year.
 Each of the books must be logged in.

Simple Subject

Main word or word group that tells whom or what the sentences is about.

Complete Subject

The simple subject and any words used to modify it.

 How could the tap water at the shelter be made safe to drink?
 How could the tap water at the shelter be made safe to drink?
 Waiting to be rescued, people sat on rooftops or climbed into trees.
 Waiting to be rescued, people sat on rooftops or climbed into trees.

Simple Predicate

Main word that tells something about the subject.

Complete Predicate

Consist of the verb and all the words used to modify the verb and complete its meaning.

 I have read about the hundreds of active volcanoes on earth.

 I have read about the hundreds of active volcanoes on earth.
 Didn’t you ever see that movie before?
 Didn’t you ever see that movie before?

Compound Subjects

Consist of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb.

 You and Ana ought to be proud of your grades this term.

 Is news, weather, or sports covered first each night in the newscast?

Compound Verbs

Consist of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same subject.

 Have you ever seen a movie or read a book about the Sasquatch?
 Evan would have walked, run, or bicycled to the first game of the season.
Complements

Word that completes the meaning of a verb.

Direct object

Noun, pronoun, or word group that tells who or what receives the action of the verb or that shows
the result of the action. (ask what? or whom?)

 Liana had read that book before she met the author.
 Do bacteria cause whooping cough?

Indirect object

Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that often appears in sentences containing direct objects.

It tells to whom or to what (or for whom or for what) the action of the verb is done.

 The librarian handed me the pile of books to reshelf.

 Has the senator given the League of women Voters his answers?
 Furnish the jurors a copy of this map for use in their deliberations.