BASIC SENTENCE PARTS AND PATTERNS

I. SUBJECTS AND VERBS

SENTENCE- a group of words with two main parts:

complete subject and complete predicate or verb.

COMPLETE SUBJECT- the noun, pronoun or group of

words.

COMPLETE PREDICATE- verb or verb phrase, tells what

the complete subject of the sentence does or is.

COMPLETE SUBJECT COMPLETE PREDICATE

Ex: Dogs bark
My favourite hideout is in the old oak
tree
Jane and Paul went scuba diving and
sailing
A little girl with pigtails licked her ice
cream cone happily.

SIMPLE SUBJECT- is the essential noun, pronoun, or

group of words acting as a noun that cannot be left out of
the complete subject.

SIMPLE PREDICATE- is the essential verb or verb

phrase that cannot be left out of the complete predicate.

COMPLETE SUBJECT COMPLETE

PREDICATE
Ex: The popular and busy restaurant filled
quickly
 Gerard Manley Hopkins destroyed nearly
all of his early
poetry in 1868
The tiny nation of San Marino has always
received most of its
income from the sale of
postage stamps

COMPOUN SUBJECT- two or more subjects that have the

same verb and are joined by a conjunction such as and
or or

COMPOUND VERB- two or more verbs that have the

same subject and are joined by a conjunction such as
and or or

Ex:
1. She sneezed and coughed throughout the play.
2. We will think about it and act soon
3. The dog and cat eyed each other, circled warily, and
then advanced into combat.

II. THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES

DECLARATIVE SENTENCE- states and idea and ends

with a period.
1. Dogs bite about twenty-eight mail carriers through
out the United States every day.
2. We should try to encourage school spirit.

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE- asks a question and ends

with a question mark. (?)
1. Why did you hide my socks?
2. Why should we vote for this proposition?
IMPERATIVE SENTENCE- gives an order or a direction
and ends with a period or an exclamation mark (!)
1. Bring me those scissors.
2. Do not touch that burner!
3. Would you drop this off at the post office.

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE- conveys strong emotion

and ends with an exclamation mark.
1. I won!
2. Do you believe that!
3. Fire!