SENTENCE ELEMENTS

SENTENCE ELEMENTS

1. SUBJECT

   • SIMPLE (SS)
     • The main word or word group in the subject.
   • COMPLETE (CS)
     • All the words in the subject.
   • Performs an action
     • is described
       • is identified
         • has an action done to it
   • Sometimes is implied (you)
   • Two or more simple subjects that share a verb or verb phrase.
     • COMPOUND

2. PREDICATE

   • SIMPLE (SP)
     • The main word or word group in the predicate (It is always a verb.)
   • COMPLETE (CP)
     • All the words in the predicate.
   • Two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject and are joined by a conjunction.
     • COMPOUND
   • When a sentence starts "There" + (verb to be), the word there is not the subject. It is part of the predicate. It is called "a dummy subject"

3. SENTENCE

4. COMPLEMENTS

   • Is any word or phrase that complets the sense of a subject, an object, or a verb.
     • SUBJECT COMPLEMENT
       • Follows a linking verb, copular, or copulative verb; It is normally an adjective or a noun that renames or defines in some way the subject.
       • PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
         • Is a word or word grup in the predicate that identifies the subject.
       • Predicate adjective
         • Is an adjective that is in the predicate and that describes the subject.

5. DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECT

   • DIRECT
     • Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells WHO or WHAT receives the action of the verb.
   • INDIRECT OBJECT
     • Is a noun, pronoun, or word group that tells TO WHOM or TO WHAT, or FOR WHOM or FOR WHAT, the action is done.
   • OBJECT COMPLEMENT
     • Follows and modifies or refers to a DIRECT OBJECT. It can be noun or adjective or any word acting as a noun or adjective.