Constructing Sentences: Understanding Units and Parts

1. Unit 7 Part of Sentences Describing how people construct sentences from smaller pieces Tuesday, 6 November 2007 eko@stikom.edu

2. Subject • Subject: What/whom the sentence is about • Kinds of Subjects: 1. Simple Subject (1 noun/ pronoun) 2. Compound Subject (> 1 noun/ pronoun) • Examples: 1. A beautiful, young, and talented ballerina is attracting most of the spectators in hall. 2. Judy and her dog joy along the shore. 3. My mother and I always spend Christmas holiday in Bali every year. 4. A bunch of roses is a symbol of love. 5. Three little kittens are sleeping

3. Predicate • Predicate: Tell about something about the subject (which always includes VERB). • Kinds of predicate: 1. Simple predicate (1 verb link up to subject) 2. Compound predicate (>1 verbs that modifies the same subject) • Examples: 1. Judy and her dog jog along the shore 2. My sister read and practiced the recipes 3. The students read the passage and then answer the question provided. 4. Three little kittens are sleeping

4. Predicate=Verb (center of predicate) • There are 2 kinds of verbs: 1. TRANSITIVE: verb that take the object 2. INTRANSITIVE: verb not followed by object • Examples: 1. I am sleeping on the sofa 2. Mother bought me some presents for my birthday party. 3. My sister always wakes up at 5 o’clock 4. Father teaches English 5. I was absent yesterday

5. Object • Object: completes the verb meaning • Kinds of object: 1. Direct Object (DO) what/ whom 2. Indirect Object (IO) to/for what/whom • Examples: 1. I was watching television when the telephone rang 2. Father sent mea letter last year 3. Her secret admirer gave hera bouquet of roses 4. John loves Marry very much

6. Complement • Words/phrases that follow the linking verb or noun that modifies/describe the subject/object after linking verb. • Kinds of Complement 1. Subject Complement (SC) 2. Object Complement (OC) • Examples 1. Bill Clinton became a president in 1997 2. Your chicken curry tastes salty 3. I found a young boy sleeping on the bench 4. Paint the chair black please

7. Unusual Sentence • Imperative sentence • Sentence begins with There + to be • Examples: 1. Pass me the salt, please! 2. There are three cute puppies playing around the yard. 3. Don’t go, dear! 4. There was a handsome prince lived in the jungle with a smart monkey.

8. Identify the bold words below into SIMPLE SUBJECT, VERB, DIRECT OBJECT, INDIRECT OBJECT, or SUBJECT COMPLEMENT • The old house on the hill gave Leonora an impression of being haunted. • Next to the China cabinet, Mrs. Wilkes placed a polished side table and an antique jug. • Despite winning the lottery last week, my cousin still seemsunhappy • There were no credits after the movie • After the luncheon buffet, she grewdrowsy and decided to take a nap

9. Identify these sentences into suitable part • Computer is electronic machine that process information. • There are three different kinds of computers in use today. • You just download and play the MP3 File on the window explorer. • The screen seem sleep when you leave it for couple minutes. • Costumers of internet banks faced a new phising scam in 2004. • Sven Jaschan was the author of Sasser virus. • A teenager and his father was sentenced to jail because of breaking the bank code. • Spam can be the main source of viruses that attacking your computer

10. Identify the underlined words into Simple Subject (SS), Compound Subject (CS), Direct Object (DO), Indirect Object (IO), Subject Complement (SC), Object Complement, Simple Predicate (SP), and Compound Predicate (CP) • A computer virus- a very small program routine- infects a computer system and uses its resources to reproduce itself. • Power consumption and cost were very significant factors in Bluetooth’s design • A ripper is a program that rips your songs from a CD in your CD-ROM drive and turns them into WAV files • A small, tall, and narrow style of mini-tower casing makes your computer looks elegant • The broadband communication brings a bright future to humankind’s future, especially in informational technology

11. In May 2004 an internet worm, called Sasser, knocked out post office computers in Taiwan and Germany • FBI agents and British police raided the home of Raphael Gray, 18, and arrested him and his friend • Dexter has sent his best paper he ever written to his professor at the university • The information about the weather now is available at www.weather.com • Java was developed by Sun Micro system (1990’s) and is widely used for developing interactive application of the internet • After a long trip to Jakarta, I might consider my driver tired. • Digital cameras store images on memory cards so the pictures can be transferred easily to computer. • The internet connection wizard is a special program that helps you get on the internet • MP3 competes with another audio file format called WAV • The virus uses a common programming technique to stay resident in memory

12. Do this!... SUBMIT Work individually and then write sentences using the patterns below. For each pattern, make two sentences and don’t forget to underline the parts of sentence. • Simple subject + Compound predicate + Direct Object • Compound subject + Compound predicate • Subject + Linking verb + Subject Complement • Sentence begin with THERE + TO BE • Subject + transitive verb + Indirect Object + Direct Object