The Sentence

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The Sentence

• Holt Handbook Chapter Two
• ELC 1.2- understand how sentences are constructed.

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Definition

• A sentence must
• Have a Subject
• Have a Verb
• Express a complete thought

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Basic parts

• Subject
• Whom or what the sentence or clause is about
• Predicate
• Tells something about the subject
• Some residents of the desert can survive a long
  drought.
• Particularly noteworthy is the Australian frog.
• For up to three years it can live without
  rainfall.

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Subject

• Simple subject the main word or word group that
  tells whom or what the sentence is about
• Complete Subject simple subject plus any words
  or word groups that modify it
• A dog with this pedigree
• Both of these birds
• The Taj Mahal in India

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Predicate

• Simple predicate AKA the verb or verb phrase, is
  the main word or word group that tells something
  about the subject
• Complete predicate the verb plus all the words
  that modify it and complete its meaning
• Snare their prey in intricate webs
• Has been looking for you all morning
• Have been found

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Compounds

• Compound Subject Two or more subjects joined by
  a conjunction, using the same verb
• You and I went walking.
• Compound Verb Two or more verbs joined by a
  conjunction, using the same subject
• I went walking and sightseeing.

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Identify

• To find the subject, first find the verb.
• Then, ask who? or what? before the verb
• My cousin from Finland will arrive.
• On the other side of the river stands a cabin.

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Prepositional Phrases

• Dont let these sneaky fellas trick you!
• The subject is NEVER in a prepositional phrase!
• So, () out the preps before they trap you
• One (of my cousins) has visited Ghana.
• On top (of the building) is a spire.

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More tricks- There and Here

• Although there or here may begin a sentence, it
  is rarely the subject.
• Usually, it is an adverb telling where.
• Sometimes, its just an expletive (place holder).
• There are your gloves.
• Here is my nephew.
• There is not much time left.

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More tricks- YOU

• Understood You
• Sometimes, you is the subject of the sentence,
  but is not in the sentence its just understood
  to be there
• (you) Wait!
• (you) Hold this for me.

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More tricks - ??s

• Sentences asking questions can be hard to figure
  out
• So, turn them around
• Make
• Were your friends early?
• Your friends were early.

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Homework- Due Thursday

• Pg 36-7 OP 1-5
• Pg 41 Ex. 3, odds
• Pg. 42 Ex. 4, odds
• Pg. 45 Ex. 6, odds
• Pg. 47 Rev. B, all