M3 Simple Sentences, Compound Subjects and Predicates Flashcards
When a sentence has more than one subject, it is called a ______ _______ [2 words].
compound subject
ie. My friends and I walked home (subject 1: my friends & subject 2: I)
individual subjects are joined with the _________ and or or
conjunctions
What is the section in UPPER CASE LETTERS an example of?
The big brown dog WENT OFF AND MADE A NEW LIFE FOR HIMSELF.
a compound predicate It is made up of two separate action phrases: 1) went off, and 2) made a new life for himself. A compound predicate can even be made up of more than two verb phrases (simple predicates).
A Simple Sentence is…
Complete Subject + Complete Predicate
A Complete Subject is…
A Simple Subject or a Compound Subject
A Complete Predicate is…
A Simple Predicate or a Compound Predicate
sentence
A set of words that express something in the form of a question or statement etc.; This sentence has seven words in it.
compound
a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
predicate
one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Subject
The subject in a sentence is the thing that does something; In ‘I ran down the street’, ‘I’ is the subject.
verb
A verb is a word that shows an action; Run’, ‘pick’, ‘be’, ‘eat’ and ‘hit’ are all verbs.
noun
A proper noun gives the name of things; John; Paris; Sylvia; Rome.
