SENTENCES

Ns. Nana Rochana, S.Kep, MN

What is a sentence?

A sentence is a group of words that is complete

in itself
Parts of Sentence
1. SUBJECT
COMPLETE
2. PREDICATE SENTENCE
3. OBJECT
4. COMPLEMENT
5. ADVERB

FULL SENTENCE
The boys are playing football at the backyard
S P O Adv
SUBJECTS
› Noun à A cat, the table, father, the nurse
› Pronoun à He, She, It, They, We
› Noun phrase à A black cat, the nurse on
duty
Types of Subjects:
1. Simple subjects à The girl, a stone
2. Complete subject à a short story about
an old town
3. Compound subject à my sister and I
PREDICATE
› Verb à read, sit, play (transitive and intransitive)
› Auxilliary verb à has/have/had, do/does/did
Words describing an action of the subjects
› to be (linking verb)à is, am, are, was, were
Types of predicate:
1. Single predicate
2. Complete predicate
3. Compund predicate
OBJECT

A noun (pronoun) governed by a verb or a

preposition
Types of object:
1. Direct object à He catches the ball
(whom/what)
2. Indirect object à Tom pitched him the
baseball (to whom, for whom, for what)
3. Object of preposition à I am sitting with
him
ADVERB
› Adverb of time
› Adverb of place
› Adverb of manner
› Adverb of degree
› Adverb of frequency
TYPES OF SENTENCE

1. Simple sentence à S-V-O

2. Compound sentence à S – V –
coordinating conjunction – S –V
3. Complex sentence à S –V – subordinate
clause
4. Compound-complex sentence à S – V –
subordinate clause – coordinating
conjunction – S – V