Notebook

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Basic Sentence Parts
Subjects Verbs
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What is a sentence?

• A complete sentence has a subject and a verb AND
  expresses a complete thought.
• Every sentence must have a subject and a verb

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What is a simple subject?

• The word or group of words that tells who or what
  the sentence is about
• Always a noun or pronoun
• Can be compound (more than one)

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What is a verb?

• Also called the predicate
• Tells what the subject does, what is done to the
  subject, or what the condition of the subject is
• Can be action or linking
• Can be a verb phrase a helping verb followed by
  another verb
• Can be compound

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Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

• Complete subject
• The subject and any words related to it
  (modifiers)
• Complete predicate
• The verb and any words related to it (objects,
  modifiers, etc.)