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Simple Sentence Structure. The Simple Sentence. A simple sentence is a sentence that has one subject-verb pair I live in San Francisco. Subject. Verb. Every sentence should have at least one subject and one verb combination. Basic Elements of Every Sentence. VERB. SUBJECT.
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The Simple Sentence A simple sentence is a sentence that has one subject-verb pair I live in San Francisco. Subject Verb Every sentence should have at least one subject and one verb combination
Basic Elements of Every Sentence VERB SUBJECT
Simple Sentence Example • Marian travels to Amsterdam every year in the summer time. This is a simple sentence. It contains one subjectMarian and one verbtravels.
Basic Elements One SUBJECT One VERB Marian Travels
Simple Sentence Marian and Tom Travel Compound Subject &
Simple Sentence Marian and Tom travel to Amsterdam and visit relatives. travel and visit relatives Marian and Tom Compound Subject Compound Verb & &
Consider the following Simple Sentences: The car stopped. Wewere happy to see him Sami and Chris were late. Sami, Chris and I were late. Huda ate pancake and drank coffee. I played computer games and watched TV. Huda and Sami ate pancake and drank coffee. Chris and I played computer games and watched TV.
Notice: No Punctuation Tom and Mary play tennis and swim. No comma before “and” in compound subjects and verbs!