grammar, usage and mechanics chapter 1: the sentence and its parts 1
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GRAMMAR, USAGE AND MECHANICS
Chapter 1: The sentence and Its Parts
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Sentence
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 1- Complete Subjects & Predicates
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Sentence: A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 1- Complete Subjects & Predicates
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• Complete Sentence has two parts:
– Complete Subject: Includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about.
– Complete Predicate: Includes the verb and all the words that tell about the verb.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 2- Simple Subjects4
Simple Subject: Is the main word or words in the complete subject.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 3- Simple Predicates, or Verbs5
Simple Predicate: Is the main word or words in the complete predicate.
Verb: Is a word used to express an action, a condition, or a state of being. Linking Verb: tells what the subject is. Action Verb: tells what the subject does,
even when the action cannot be seen.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 4- Verb Phrases6
Verb Phrases: Is made up of a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
is, am, was, are, were, be, been
do, does, did
has, have, had
may, might, can, should, could, would, shall, will
Common Helping VerbsForms of be
Forms of do
Forms of have
Others
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 5- Compound Sentence Parts7
• Compound Subject: Is made up of two or more subjects and share the same verb.
• Compound Verb: Is made up of two or more verbs that share the same subject.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 6- Kinds of Sentences 8
A sentence can be used to make a statement, ask a question, make a request, or show strong feeling.
Four Kinds of Sentences: Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory
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A declarative sentence makes a statement.
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I see something weird in that tree.
It looks like a gray basketball.
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A declarative sentence always ends with a period.
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An interrogative sentence asks a question.
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An interrogative sentence always ends with a question mark.
Is it a hornet’s nest?
What do you think it is?
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An imperative sentence tells or asks someone to do something.
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An imperative sentence makes a request or gives a command. It usually ends with a period, but it may end with an exclamation point.
Be careful!
Please don’t get too close to it.
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An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling.
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An exclamatory sentence always ends with an exclamation point.
I’m getting out of here!
I see hornets flying out!
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LITERARY MODEL
INTERROGATIVE
IMPERATIVE
DECLARATIVE
Scrooge: . . .Come, come, what is it you want? Don’t waste all day, Nephew.
Fred: I only want to wish you a Merry Christmas, Uncle. Don’t be cross.
—Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol
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Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.
I found an amusing story in a book of folk humor.
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Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.
Was it about a well-known judge who lived in China?
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Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.
That’s the one!3.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 7- Subjects in Unusual Order21
In most questions, the subject comes after the verb or between parts of the verb phrase.
The subject of a command, or Imperative sentence, is usually you.
In some sentences beginning with here or there, the subject follows the verb.
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Chapter 1: The sentence and Its PartsLesson 8- Complements: Subject Complements
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Complement: Is a word or a group of words that completes the meaning of a verb.
Two kinds of Complements- Subject Complements: Is a word of group of
words that follows a linking verb and renames or describes the subject.
Common Linking Verbs
Forms of be Am, is, are, was, were, being, been
Other linking Verbs Appear, feel, look, sound, seem, taste
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Two Kinds of Complements- Subject Complements Objects of Verbs
Direct object: is a word or group of words that names the receiver of the action.
Indirect object: is a word or group of words that tells to whom or what and action is performed.
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Sentence fragments and run-on sentences are writing errors that can make your writing difficult to understand.
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Sentence Fragment: Is part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.
A sentence fragment might be missing a subject. To correct it, add a subject.
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Run-On Sentence: Is two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence.
Fragments and run-on sentences can make your writing confusing and difficult to read.
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Rewrite the following fragment as a complete sentence.
Are cartoons that tell a story.4.
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Rewrite the following fragment as a complete sentence.
Included Superman, Dick Tracy, and Little Orphan Annie.
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Correct this run-on sentence.
The boxes with the scenes are called panels, the spaces with the dialogue are called speech balloons.
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