VERBAL AND

NOMINAL SENTENCES
English
6th Meeting
Noredyo Molyaningrum
 SUBJECT VS PREDICATE

A predicate is the part

A subject is the person
of sentence that tells
or thing that is doing an
something about the
action, or the person or
subject (what the
thing that is the focus of
subject does or what
the sentence.
the subject is)
 According to the form
of the predicate,
sentence is divided
into two parts, they
are:

Verbal Sentence Nominal Sentence

VERBAL SENTENCE VS NOMINAL SENTENCE

Verbal Sentence Nominal Sentence

The predicate is not verb

The predicate is verb.
(noun, adjective, or adverb).

Does not always need to be. Always needs to be.

VERBAL SENTENCE
Verbal sentence is a
sentence which the
predicate is verb.

The pattern of
verbal sentence is
SUBJECT + VERB.
 Base Form
(V1)

3rd Person
Singular Past Simple
Present Simple (V2)
(V-s/-es)
VERB
FORMS

Present
Past Participle
Participle (V-
(V3)
ing)
 EXAMPLE

I buy a new book

Base Form (V1) Buy
every week.

I bought a new book

Past Simple (V2) Bought
yesterday.

Past Participle Bought

I have bought a new
(V3) book.

Present Participle Buying

I am buying a new
(Ving) book.

3rd Person Singular Buys

My sister buys a new
Present Simple book every week.
 EXAMPLE
Saya belajar bahasa I study English every
Inggris setiap hari Jum’at Friday

Saya sedang menonton

I am watching movie.
film.

Saya makan pizza

I ate pizza yesterday.
kemarin.
NOMINAL SENTENCES
Nominal sentence is a sentence
which the predicate is not verb
(noun, adjective, or adverb).

The pattern of nominal sentence is

SUBJECT + TO BE +
NOUN/ADJECTIVE/ADVERB.
 Am

Present
Are
(Sekarang)

Is
TO BE

Was
Past
(Lampau)
Were
 TO BE
SUBJECT
PRESENT PAST
I Am
He
Was
She Is
It
You
We Are Were
They
 EXAMPLES

Agnes Monica Subject + Menjelaskan

is a singer To Be + Noun siapa subjek

Menjelaskan
My children were Subject + To Be +
sifat/keadaan
sick yesterday Adjective
subjek

Subject + To Be + Menjelaskan
I am at home
Adverb keberadaan subjek
 EXAMPLE

I buy a new book

Base Form (V1) Buy
every week.

I bought a new book

Past Simple (V2) Bought
yesterday.

Past Participle Bought

I have bought a new
(V3) book.

Present Participle Buying

I am buying a new
(Ving) book.

3rd Person Singular Buys

My sister buys a new
Present Simple book every week.
 EXAMPLE

Saya seorang pelajar

I am student

I student

I am is student
 EXAMPLE

Saya lapar

I am hungry

I hungry

I are hungry
 EXAMPLE

Saya sedang berada di kantor

I am at the office

I at the office

I was at the office