SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and predicate.
The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about. It can be NOUN or
PRONOUN that identifies the person, place, thing, or idea.
The predicate tells something about the subject (tells what the subject
is doing or being). It is usually in the form of VERB.
Look at the following sentences!
Jody runs.
Jody and her dog run on the beach every morning.
Lara helps her mother in the kitchen.
(can you tell me which is the subject and which is the predicate?)
Compound Subject and Compound
Predicate
A sentence also has a compound subject if it has two or more connected subjects that share the same verb.
A compound verb consists of two or more connected verb or verb phrases that share the same subject. Coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) are used to join the compound series.
Look at the following sentences!
Joanie and I jog every afternoon.
Holly, ivy, and mistletoe are popular winter decorations.
Volunteers wash and dry the dishes at the senior citizen’s center.
We plotted a one-mile course and faithfully follow it.
Rosemary and her dog have become overweight but still do not exercise.
A sentence also has a compound subject if it has two or more connected subjects that share the same verb.
A compound verb consists of two or more connected verb or verb phrases that share the same subject. Coordinating conjunctions (and, or, but) are used to join the compound series.
Look at the following sentences!
Joanie and I jog every afternoon.
Holly, ivy, and mistletoe are popular winter decorations.
Volunteers wash and dry the dishes at the senior citizen’s center.
We plotted a one-mile course and faithfully follow it.
Rosemary and her dog have become overweight but still do not exercise.
Based on the type of the object they
take, verb can be grouped into three kinds: transitive verb, intransitive verb,
and linking verb.
The meaning of a transitive verb is incomplete without a direct object. In other word, a transitive verb is a verb that requires an object to complete the meaning.
An intransitive verb , on the other hand, cannot take a direct object.
A linking verb connects a subject and its complement. Sometimes called copulas, linking verbs are often forms of the verb to be, but are sometimes related to the five senses (look, sound, smell, feel, taste), and sometimes verbs that somehow reflect a state of being (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain)
The meaning of a transitive verb is incomplete without a direct object. In other word, a transitive verb is a verb that requires an object to complete the meaning.
An intransitive verb , on the other hand, cannot take a direct object.
A linking verb connects a subject and its complement. Sometimes called copulas, linking verbs are often forms of the verb to be, but are sometimes related to the five senses (look, sound, smell, feel, taste), and sometimes verbs that somehow reflect a state of being (appear, seem, become, grow, turn, prove, remain)
Examples
Transitive Verb
The child broke the plate.
The committee named a new chairperson.
Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
Intransitive Verb
The baby cries loudly. Davy listened to the radio.
We must leave now.
Linking Verb
Those people are all professors.
This room smells bad.
She became older.
Transitive Verb
The child broke the plate.
The committee named a new chairperson.
Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
Intransitive Verb
The baby cries loudly. Davy listened to the radio.
We must leave now.
Linking Verb
Those people are all professors.
This room smells bad.
She became older.
Compound Subject and Compound
Predicate
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