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Ask yourself these 5 questions…

Ask yourself these 5 questions…. What is a subject ? What is the difference between a predicate and a verb ? What is a compound predicate ? What is a complex sentence ? Is “She and I walked to the grocery store then to the mall” a complex sentence ?. Sentence Structure.

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Ask yourself these 5 questions…

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  1. Ask yourself these 5 questions… • What is a subject? • What is the difference between a predicate and a verb? • What is a compound predicate? • What is a complex sentence? • Is “She and I walked to the grocery store then to the mall” a complex sentence?

  2. Sentence Structure • Subject: What or who the sentence is about • Simple subject: The subject without the words that modify it • All Americans 50 and older are set in their ways. • Complete subject: The subject, including all the words that modify it • All Americans 50 and older are set in their ways. • Predicate (verb): Tells what the subject is doing (action) or tells something about the subject • Simple predicate: The verb without words that modify it • The boy threw the ball. • Complete predicate: The verb, including all the words that modify it • The boy threw the ball.

  3. Sentence Structure • Subject: What or who the sentence is about • Simple subject: The subject without the words that modify it • Complete subject: The subject, including all the words that modify it • Predicate (verb): Tells what the subject is doing (action) or tells something about the subject • Simple predicate: The verb without words that modify it • Complete predicate: The verb, including all the words that modify it

  4. Sentence Structure • Subject: What or who the sentence is about • Simple subject: The subject without the words that modify it • Complete subject: The subject, including all the words that modify it • Predicate (verb): Tells what the subject is doing (action) or tells something about the subject • Simple predicate: The verb without words that modify it • Complete predicate: The verb, including all the words that modify it

  5. Sentence Structure • A simple subject may be compound, meaning that it includes two or more subjects sharing the same predicate (or predicates). • Monkeys and sloths live in the jungle. • A simple predicate may also be compound, meaning it includes two or more verbs sharing the same subject (or subjects). • Children run and jump during recess.

  6. Sentence Structure • Simple Sentence: A sentence that contains a simple subject and a simple predicate (either of which may be compound) • Bob and Todd ran the show and the concession stands. • Compound sentence: A sentence that contains two simple sentences joined by a comma with a coordinating conjunction or joined by a semicolon ( ; ) • Bob ran the show, and Todd ran the concession stand. • **Be careful not to confuse a simple sentence containing compound subjects or compound predicates with a compound sentence**

  7. Sentence Structure • Now you be the author. Create the following sentences: • Single subject, single predicate (1) • Compound subject, single predicate (2) • Single subject, compound predicate (2) • Compound subject, compound predicate (3) • Complex sentence (2) • The number in parentheses denotes how many sentences of that type you are to write.

  8. Sentence Structure • Simple Sentence: A sentence that contains one independent clause and no dependent clause • Clause: The smallest grammatical unit that expresses a thought • Independent clause: A clause that can stand alone as a sentence • Dependent clause: A clause that provides additional information for an independent clause but cannot stand alone as a sentence • Compound sentence: A sentence that contains two simple sentences joined by a comma with a coordinating conjunction or joined by a semicolon ( ; )

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