Sentence

It is a word or group of words that express a complete thought. In order to

express a complete thought, it has to have a subject and a predicate.
Subject is a person, place, thing, or idea doing or being something. (doer)
Simple Subject the sentence consists of one subject only (doer)
Compound Subject - the sentence consists of two subjects (doers)
Complete Subject - the sentence contains all the subject including
modifiers
Predicate it describes or tells something about the subject. (what the subject
does- action)
Simple Predicate - the sentence consists of one action only
Compound Predicate - the sentence consists of two actions
Complete Predicate - the sentence contains all the subject including
modifiers

Examples: Simple subject/predicate

1. Aerobics is a system of exercise.
2. The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.
3. The specter of spiraling costs of commodities and services looms large and
menacing.
4. The attendant spoke to the guests.
5. Tourists view beautiful sceneries around the world.
6. The man carefully drives the car.
7. The American Dictionary is kept in the library.
8. In, my friend, I find a second self.
9. Dancing keeps the body supple.
10. Honesty with one self pays dividends of courage

Examples: Compound subject/predicate

1. The parents and their children pray the rosary together.
2. The subject and the predicate are structurally the mainstays of the sentence.
3. The ruthlessness of their attacks on the cities and the atrocities committed led to
the complete mobilization of the people.
4. Fish is bought and sold in the market.
5. Cops are perceived and suspected to be involved in hanky-panky.
6. The car blew the front tire and crashed into the concrete wall.
7. They met on the beach and talked to bygone days.
1. The mourners broke up and walked slowly away.
2. Unique Christmas Lanterns will be on display and will be up for sale.
3. The ring and the bracelet were lost.
Sentence Fragments
Is a sentence part, usually a phrase, a clause, carelessly punctuated as
grammatically complete sentence.
Examples:
Eating in the Batalan under the moonlight
By helping others in need
Baptized on March 4, 1663
The man standing under the tree

EXERCISES

Exercise 1. Analyze the statements below. Identify the subject and the predicate in each
sentence. Divide youre your paper into two columns. Write the subject
on the first column and write the predicate on the second column.

1. Illegal logging may have been practiced in Mindanao.

2. Some people cant avoid exploiting their environment to satisfy their greed.
3. The scented roses have not been the same.
4. Samal Garden City seems like little paradise.
5. The hotel guests promised to come back.
6. Forest rangers talked about the kaingineros.
7. The nine-hectare demonstration farm uses limited quantities of water.
8. The farm features two specially-designed greenhouses.
9. They have been tested by Israeli and Filipino scientists.
10. The huts were seen by the hotel guests.

Exercise 2. Write F if the group of words is a fragment and S if it is a sentence.

1. Would you mind closing the door?

2. Cutting trees indiscriminately in the forest.
3. The collector tried to restore the large broken shell.
4. Crossing the deep blue sea.
5. Loving is learning.

Exercise 3. Underline the Simple Subject once and encircle the Simple Predicate in the
following sentences.
1. Ambition destroys its possessor.
2. The man who has done his best has done everything.
3. The hungry leopard leapt at the photographer.
4. The orchids under the shade do not bloom as much as those in full sunlight.
5. Most of the ballot boxes have been brought to the city hall.
6. The doctors have uncovered the cause of the disease.
7. The cool colors of young plants have been placed in canvas by the artist.
 8. A survey of clinical trials shows that garlic lowers cholesterol level.
9. These pieces are so beautiful to be used as mats.
10. The necessary use of water has been repeatedly emphasized.

Exercise 4. Arrange the jumbled words and/or phrases to form an effective sentence.
Make necessary capitalization (2 points each)

1. and alignments 6. and sanitized

uniformity all
of all tables are clean
there is utensils
in the set up

2. stocks 7. must be cleared

shall be under to avoid losses
of property custodian as soon as possible
in the central storeroom soiled dishes
the custody
3. that operate below 8. usually happens
are usually of food and beverages
food outlets this problem
acceptable standards when the quality
handicapped falls short

4. with voluminous 9. is under

usually have expanded in big hotels
and complex operations room service
outlets a separate section
divisions

5. calculated based 10. each banquet function

is usually by a banquet captain
of waiters is usually supervised
on the productivity ratio
the number