MEETING 1
SIMPLE SENTENCE
A simple sentence contains one subject and predicate. It
takes the form of a statement, a question, a request, and an
exclamation.
Example:
A statement : I have seen that movie twice.
A question : Did you attend the concert
given by Addie MS?
A request : Please be on time for the
program.
An exclamation : How lucky you are!
Read the following sentences and classify whether they are
statement, question, request, or exclamation!
1. Please fasten your seat belt.
2. You can’t be serious!
3. Why does Becky look so sad?
4. Don’t ever open that door.
5. Do you know how to operate this fax machine?
6. I told you so!
7. Meet me at seven o’clock in front of the library.
8. If only I could go to the States this summer!
Furthermore, a simple sentence is a word group that
contains only one independent clause.
A simple sentence, also called an independent clause,
contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete
thought. For example:
Jill reads.
Even the addition of adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional
phrases to a simple sentence does not change it into a
complex sentence. For example:
The brown dog with the red collar always barks loudly.
Even if you join several nouns with a conjunction or several verbs
with a conjunction, it remains a simple sentence. For example:
The dog barked and growled loudly.
The character of simple sentences are:
[Link] Sentence is a set of words which makes complete meaning.
[Link] Sentence has two main parts- the Subject and the Predicate.
[Link] Subject denotes the person or thing about which something is
said.
[Link] Predicate is what is said about the person or thing denoted by
the Subject
Example-1:
Dogs bark.
In this sentence, the Subject is a single word-‘dog’.
The Predicate is also a single word ‘bark’.
Example-2:
The hour to prepare the lessons has arrived.
In this sentence, the Subject is a group of words ‘The hour to
prepare lessons’.
Example-3:
SUBJECT PREDICATE
Carmen is a secretary
Everybody saw the comet last night
Customers were waiting for the store to open
patiently
Find the Subjects and the Predicates in the following
sentences.
1. Stone walls do not make a prison.
2. We heard a barking sound.
3. No man can serve two masters.
4. All matter is destructible.
5. The cackling of geese saved Rome.
The subject or predicate, or both, of a simple sentence may
have two or more parts. A subject with more than one noun
is called compound subject. A predicate that has more than
one verb is called a compound predicate.
Examples of Compound Subjects:
Sylvia and John studied together.
Your hat and your gloves are still in the house.
Watering the plants in the morning and feeding the birds in
the afternoon made me tired.
To watch TV and to write a report cannot be done at the
same time.
Compound Predicates
We signed a lease and left a deposit.
I tested the engine and checked the tires.
Compound Subjects and Predicates
My roommate and I painted and plastered the walls of our
room.
Rob and Mario tried the roller coaster and ate hamburgers.
Exercise:
Complete the followings to make simple sentences with
compound subjects or compound predicates.
[Link] like cooking and ........
[Link] undergraduate students and……
[Link] students and…….... are ..........
[Link] of this buildings……and……
5. Nitrogen and oxygen ..........
