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Understanding Sentence Structure Basics

This document defines and provides examples of the basic parts of sentences including subjects, verbs, predicates, clauses, and different types of objects. It discusses the 7 types of clauses including subject + verb, subject + verb + complement, and subject + verb + object combinations. It also defines subjects, verb phrases, predicates, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects, object complements, linking verbs, and appositives giving examples of each.

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Understanding Sentence Structure Basics

This document defines and provides examples of the basic parts of sentences including subjects, verbs, predicates, clauses, and different types of objects. It discusses the 7 types of clauses including subject + verb, subject + verb + complement, and subject + verb + object combinations. It also defines subjects, verb phrases, predicates, subject complements, direct objects, indirect objects, object complements, linking verbs, and appositives giving examples of each.

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Basic parts of sentences

7 types of clauses
S + V: She is crying.
S + V + C: He is a manager.
S + V + A: They are in the
garden.
S + V + O: We have bought a
new house.
S + V + O + O: My lover gave me
a red rose.
S + V + O + C: Peter always
makes me sad.

Subjects

The subject of a sentence is a noun, a


pronoun, a phrase or a clause about which
the sentence makes a statement.
Eg:
The teacher helps us understand the
situation.
She is really beautiful.

Verb phrases

The main verb, or verb phrase, of a


sentence is a word or words that express
an action, event, or a state of existence.
It sets up a relationship between the
subject and the rest of the sentence.
Eg: Our teacher is coming.

Predicates
The predicate is the rest of the sentence

coming after the subject.


It can include the main verb, subject

complement, direct object, indirect object,


or object complement.
Eg: Our teacher is giving us an interesting

lesson.

Subject complements
The subject complement is a noun, a

pronoun, an adjective, a phrase, or a


clause that comes after a linking verb.
Eg: - She is a good student.
- She is becoming more and more
beautiful.

Direct objects
A direct object a noun, a pronoun,
a phrase, or a clause acting as a
noun takes the action of the main
verb. A direct object can be identified
by putting what?, which?, or whom?
in its place.
Eg: My boyfriend bought a red rose last
night.

Indirect Objects
An indirect object a noun, a
pronoun, a phrase, or a clause acting
as a noun receives the action
expressed in the sentence. It can be
identified by inserting to or for.
Eg: My boyfriend bought me a red
rose.
My boyfriend bought a red rose for

Object complements

An object complement a noun or an


adjective coming after a direct object
adds detail to the direct object. To identify
object complements, insert [to be] between
the direct object and object complement.
They considered him (to be) their brother.
He made me (be) sad.

Linking verbs (1)

A linking verb is any form of the verb


to be without an action verb; it sets
up something like an equal sign
between the items it links. Linking
verbs of a sentence can be longer
than one word:

Linking verbs (2)


Other linking verbs:
Seem; Become; Feel; Look; Taste;
Smell;

Appositives

An appositive, a word or phrase that

renames a noun or a pronoun, adds


information about a noun but in a way
different than do adjectives.
Eg:
The US President, Barak Obama, is a really
intelligent leader.

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