THE SENTENCECHAPTER 13

Concept Review

SENTENCE

A sentence is a group of words that

expresses a complete thought.

SENTENCE FRAGMENT

A group of words that expresses an

incomplete thought is called a sentence

fragment.

COMPLETE SUBJECT

A complete subject includes all words

used to identify the person, place,

thing, or idea that the sentence is

about.

SIMPLE SUBJECT

A simple subject is the main word in

the complete subject.

COMPLETE PREDICATE

A complete predicate includes all the

words that tell what the subject is

doing or tell something about the

subject.

SIMPLE PREDICATE

A simple predicate, also called a verb,

is the main word or phrase in the

complete predicate.

ACTION VERBS

Verbs that tell what a subject is doing

are action verbs.

COMMON VERBS THAT MAKE STATEMENTS

am

is

are

was

were

VERB PHRASES

A verb phrase includes the main verb

plus any helping, or auxiliary verbs.

HELPING VERBS

Sometimes the verb needs the help of

other verbs, which are called helping

verbs.

COMMON HELPING VERBS

Be – am, is, are, was, were, be, being, been

Have – has, have, had

Do – do, does, did

Others – may, might, must, can, could, shall,

should, will, would

INTERRUPTED VERB PHRASES

A verb phrase is often interrupted by

one or more words.

Ex.

We should never have crossed

that desert.

NOT

The word not and its contraction n’t are

never part of a verb phrase.

Ex.

That camel did not stop at the oasis.

That camel didn’t stop at the oasis.

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