SENTENCE STRUCTURE

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE

• What makes a sentence?

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A sentence has two main parts

• Subject
• The noun (or pronoun) that names who or what the
  sentence is about.

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A sentence has two main parts

• Subject
• The noun (or pronoun) that names who or what the
  sentence is about.
• Predicate
• Includes a verb that tells about the subject

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A sentence has two main parts

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.

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A sentence has two main parts

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.
• Who or what is the sentence about?
• my crazy kitties
• so that is the complete subject of my sentence

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A sentence has two main parts

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.
• What does the sentence tell me about my subject,
  my crazy kitties?
• It tells me that they pounce on my bed
• So pounce on my bed is the complete predicate
  of the sentence

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A sentence has two main parts

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.
• Complete complete
• subject predicate

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Break these sentences into their two main parts

• On questions 1-30, draw a vertical line between
  the complete subject and the complete predicate
• School House Rocks
• Every other person, tear a sheet of paper in half
  and share it with your neighbor

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Sentence fragments

• Not a complete sentence
• The lion with the huge mane and snarling mouth.
• Was quiet.
• Do questions 31-40

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Simple Subject and Simple Predicates

• In the subject, there is the key noun, pronoun or
  group of words that can NOT be left out of the
  subject. This is the simple subject.
• In a complete predicate, there is the verb or
  verb phrase that can NOT be left out of the
  predicate

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Simple Subject Simple Predicate

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.
• What is the key word in the subject?
• What is the verb in the predicate?

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Simple Subject Simple Predicate

• Example
• My crazy kitties pounce on my bed.
• What is the key word in the subject? kitties
• What is the verb in the predicate? pounce

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Simple Subject and Simple Predicate

• On questions 1-30
• Underline the simple subject and
• circle the simple predicate (verb or verb phrase)
  in each

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Compound subjects

• Sometimes there is more than one subject in the
  complete subject.
• They have the same verb
• They are joined by and or or
• Example
• Tuxie and Trixie pounce on my bed.

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Compound subject

• Sometimes there is more than one subject in the
  complete subject.
• They have the same verb
• They are joined by and or or
• Example
• Tuxie and Trixie pounce on my bed.

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Tuxie and Trixie pounce on my bed.
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Compound Subjects

• Questions 41-50

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Compound Verbs

• Two or more verbs that have the same complete
  subject and are joined by and or or
• Example
• My crazy kitties run, jump, and pounce on my bed.

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Compound Verbs

• Two or more verbs that have the same complete
  subject and are joined by and or or
• Example
• My crazy kitties run, jump, and pounce on
• my bed.

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Compound Verbs

• Questions 51-60
• Note Some of these might have both compound
  subjects and verbs.

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Why compound subjects and verbs?

• They can make your writing more interesting by
  combining several related thoughts into one
  sentence. By doing this you may eliminate having
  so many short choppy sentences.
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