SENTENCE AND ITS PARTS

Definition:

A word or group of words that expresses a COMPLETE THOUGHT.

Definition:

In order to be a correct sentence, it must express a complete thought.

What do we mean by complete thought?

What do we mean by complete thought?

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To be a complete thought, a sentence needs a subject, and a verb.

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What is a SUBJECT?

What is a subject?

The Subject is who or what the sentence is about.

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How about Predicate?

What is a predicate?

It describes the subject; actions, states of being, or events. The verb (and all the other words that come after the subject) is called the predicate.

Read… Is this a sentence?

I sing.

Although this sentence has only two words, it's a complete sentence: I sing. It's a complete thought. It has a subject, the word I . The verb is sing. If we want to add words to the sentence, we can: I sing a lovely song. Those words a lovely song are not a complete sentence; they're just a piece of a sentence. That's called a sentence fragment.

Read… Is this a sentence?

Run.

Read… What is the predicate?

I sing a lovely song.

Let us try this…

Identify whether the set of words is a complete sentence or sentence fragment? Explain your answer.

The wet sailors.   

The bird built a nest.    

Went to the store.    

She was very tired.   

Carl drove home.   

A complete thought.  

A red bicycle.  

Going to the show.