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The SENTENCE
A group of words that
contains a SUBJECT
and its PREDICATE,
and makes a
COMPLETE
THOUGHT.
For Example:
Ratrug and I put
crayons on the
radiator.
Etymology of Sentence
The word sentence comes from the
Latin sententia, meaning way of
thinking, or opinion.
That etymology is appropriate because a
sentence is the structure with which we
think about and communicate opinions
and ideas.
two
predicate
What were saying
about it.
1. The SUBJECT
The SIMPLE SUBJECT is the noun or subject
pronoun that the sentence is about.
Example: Eggworthy
2. The PREDICATE
The PREDICATE is the side of the sentence that
says something about the subject.
The SIMPLE PREDICATE is the verb.
Example: Eggworthy scrambled.
Complements are the common, not-alwaysessential parts of the truck perhaps the
odometer or the turn signals.
S-AV-DO
You may be able to recognize
direct objects more easily if you
think of them as part of a pattern
in the sentence structure
subject (S) action verb (AV) direct object
(DO)
For Example:
machine took pictures
Legghorn hissed word
pens draw lines
printer spurted ink
S-AV-IO-DO
If there is an indirect object, there MUST
be a direct object, so the action verb is
transitive.
IS
WAS
WERE
BE
BEING
BEEN
SEEMS
FEELS
BECOME
Works Cited
Thompson, Michael Clay. The Magic Lens Volume 3 Teacher Manual.
Unionville: Royal Fireworks Press, 2003.
Woods, Geraldine. English Grammar for Dummies. New York: Hungry
Minds, Inc., 2001.