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The document discusses the basic elements of sentences, focusing on the subject and predicate. It explains simple sentences, compound subjects, and provides examples of how to identify the simple subject. Additionally, it includes practice sentences to reinforce understanding of these concepts.

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2. lecture 2 sentences-patterns

The document discusses the basic elements of sentences, focusing on the subject and predicate. It explains simple sentences, compound subjects, and provides examples of how to identify the simple subject. Additionally, it includes practice sentences to reinforce understanding of these concepts.

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LECTURE 2

Sentence and forms of subject


Basic Elements

SUBJECT PREDICATE

Mary plays tennis.


Simple Sentence

• A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.


Subject Verb

■Maria sang.
■ Subject Verb Object

■ She sang a song.


■Subject Verb Complement

■Her voice was lovely.

■Her voice = a lovely thing.


Simple Sentence

Tom and Mary play tennis.

Compound Subject

&
SIMPLE SENTENCE with compound subject and
compound predicate

Tom and Mary play tennis and swim.


s s v v
To find the simple subject, ask Who? or What ? about
the verb.
For example: In the sentence “Mary is playing.” The noun
Mary answers the question who played.
The addition of other words and phrases to the simple
subject and the simple predicate expands or modifies the
meaning of a sentence.
Practice
1. The dogs and the cats ran from the room.

2. Every student studied the text and did a good translation.

3. That kind of idea made the students extremely unhappy.

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