COMPONENTS OF WRITING

“WORD CLASS”
 WORD CLASS
• SUBJECT
NOUN/PRONOUN
• OBJECT
• PREDICATE
• ADJECTIVE
• ADVERB (MANNER, SITUATION-
CONDITION, TOOL, etc.)
 WHAT/WHO
• The tomato ripped.
• Her nail broke.
• Clark and Vivy kissed.

WHAT DID/DO/DOES

• Ivy sings well.

• Jesse swims in the pool.
• Keith is a redhead.
• Scott was depressed.
• Open the door!
 WHAT KIND
• His black cat purred.
• John is a funny actor.
HOW/WHEN/WHERE
• Angela returned later.
• The leaves fall everywhere.
• It will soon be spring.
• The radio was playing loudly.
• He fell downstairs.
Write 5 sentences and mention
each part.
 COMPLETE COMPLETE
SUBJECT/OBJECT PREDICATE
MODIFIER + NOUN - VERB + ADVERB
- NOUN + NOUN - ADVERB + VERB
- ADJECTIVE + NOUN - TO BE + ADVERB
- V3 + NOUN

• Ken walks slowly.

• The flower is very fragrant.
• Ricky sang quiet softly.
• She talks clearly.
• The wounded soldier sat
carefully.
 SENTENCE EXPANDING
Example
“The child played”

Expand the subject to give a description of

the child.
“The small child played”

Expand the verb to show how the child

played.
“The small child played happily”
 Practice
The flowers are blooming.
Expand the subject to give a description.
Expand the complete subject to tell how many
flowers there are.
Expand the predicate to tell how they are
blooming.
Expand the predicate to show where this is
taking place.
Expand the predicate to show when this is
taking place.
 Exercise
1. Water (v)
2. Meaningful (adj)
3. Confidence (n)
4. Softly (adv)
5. Teaching (n)
 Exercise
1. Susie is a student.
Expand the subject to give a description.
Expand the predicate to tell that Susie is good.
Expand the predicate to tell how a good student she is.
2. Vacation is fun.
Expand the subject to tell what kind of vacation it is.
Expand the complete subject to tell when it occurs.
Expand the complete predicate to tell how much fun it is.
3. The deer ran.
Expand the subject to tell how many deer.
Expand the complete subject to tell the color of deer.
Expand the verb to tell how the deer ran.
Indicate the components of following
sentences!
1.The tapered jeans fit snugly.
2.Old horror movies are very popular.
3.The blue sky is very pretty.
4.The cute monkey scratched its head.
5.I accidentally broke the pencil.
6.Anne tells her secret bravely to her best
friend.
 OBJECT
DIRECT INDIRECT
OBJECT OBJECT
- Tells who or what - Tells whom
receives the receives the
action of the verb object
- Usually put after - Tells who or what
the verb receives the
direct object
Betty loves Paul. - Usually put after
We passed the test.
the verb
He closed the door.
I hit him. Paul gives Betty a rose.
She is cooking breakfast. She made him a sweater.