Sentence anatomy
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This document discusses the key parts of a sentence including the verb, subject, predicate, object, transitive and intransitive verbs, adverbials, and complement. It provides examples and definitions for each part. The verb is the fundamental part of the sentence and shows the state of being or action. The subject is the person or thing the sentence is about. The predicate includes the verb and words after it describing the subject. Objects are affected by the verb and can be direct or indirect. Adverbials provide details about how an action was performed. Complements give more information about the subject or object.
![The verbThe verb is the fundamental part of the sentence. The rest of the sentence, with the exception of the subject, depends very much on the verb.It is important to have a good knowledge of the forms used after each verb (verb patterns), for example: to tell [someone] TO DO [something].](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/sentenceanatomy-110806111552-phpapp01/85/Sentence-anatomy-3-320.jpg)
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Sentence anatomy
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- 3. The verbThe verb is the fundamental part of the sentence. The rest of the sentence, with the exception of the subject, depends very much on the verb.It is important to have a good knowledge of the forms used after each verb (verb patterns), for example: to tell [someone] TO DO [something].
- 4. Verbs also show a state of being. Such verbs, called BE VERBS or LINKING VERBS, include words such as: am, is, are, was, were, be, been, being, became, seem, appear, and sometimes verbs of the senses like tastes, feels, looks, hears, and smells.For example:"Beer and wine油are油my favorite drinks." The verb "are" is a linking (be) verb.
- 5. The subjectThe subject is the person or thing the sentence is 'about'. Often (but not always) it will be the first part of the sentence. The subject will usually be a noun phrase (a noun and the words, such as adjectives, that modify it) followed by a verb.
- 6. Finding the subjectOnce you determine the verb, ask a油wh...?油question of the verb. This will locate the subject(s).For example:David works hard.Who "works hard"?=David does=the subject.Beer and wine are my favorite drinks.What "are my favorite drinks"? Beer and wine are=the subjects.The subject(s) of a sentence will answer the questions, "who or what."
- 7. The PredicateOnce you have identified the subject, the remainder of the sentence tells us what the subject does or did. This part of the sentence is the predicate of the sentence.The predicate always includes the verb and the words which come after the verb. For example:Michael Schumaker drove the race car."Michael Schumaker" is the subject; "drove the race car" is the predicate.
- 8. The ObjectSome verbs have an object (always a noun or pronoun). The object is the person or thing affected by the action described in the verb.Objects come in two types, direct and indirect.The direct object refers to a person or thing affected by the action of the verb.For example:"He opened油the door. "- here the door is the direct object as it is the thing being affected by the verb to open.The indirect object refers to a person or thing who receives the direct object.For example:" I gave油him油the book." - here油him油(he)is the indirect object as he is the beneficiary of the action.
- 9. Transitives and Intransitives verbs
- 10. AdverbialsAn 'adverbial' or 'adverbial phrase' is a word or expression in the sentence that does the same job as an adverb; that is, it tells you something about how the action in the verb was done.For example:I sometimes have trouble with adverbs.He spoke very quietly.I've read that book three times.She's油gone to the bank.
- 11. ComplementA complement is used with verbs like be, seem, look etc. Complements give more information about the subject or, in some structures, about the object.A complement is the part of the sentence that gives you more information about the subject (a subject complement) or the object (an object complement) of the sentence.The complement to be used, if any, is dependent on the verb used in the sentence. Subject complements normally follow certain verbs.For example:He is Spanish.She became an engineer.That man looks like John.Object complements follow the direct object of the verb-For example.They painted the house red.She called him an idiot!I saw her standing there.The complement often consists of an adjective or noun phrase, but can also be a participle phrase, as in the last example. It is often not very clear whether a phrase is a complement or an adverbial.
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