Sentence Writing Strategies

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Sentence Writing Strategies
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Simple Sentences

• A simple sentence is an independent clause that
  has a subject and a predicate.

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Independent Clause

• A group of words that makes a complete statement
  and has a subject and a predicate.

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Subject

• The person, place, thing, or idea that the
  sentence is about. Its always a noun.
• All subjects are nouns, but not all nouns are the
  subject of the sentence.

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Predicate

• The predicate shows the state of being or action
  of the subject of the sentence.
• Action can be physical or mental or state of
  being (is/are).
• All predicates are verbs, but not all verbs are
  predicates.

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Subject-Verb Identification Procedure

• Step 1 Find the verb.
• Step 2 Ask yourself Who or What? is doing the
  action to find the subject.

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4 Types of Simple Sentences

• SV Jill sat.
• SSV Jill and Jan sat.
• SVV Jill sat and ate.
• SSVV Jill and Jan sat and ate.
• ssubject vverb

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Noun Phrase

• When two or more words are used together for the
  subject
• These typically describe the subject, give us
  information about the subject
• The noun phrase is the Complete Subject

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Head Word of Subject

• Is the one word that names what the sentence is
  about.
• Example
• The old gray horse grazed in the field.
• Head word horse
• Complete subject old gray horse

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Verb Phrase

• When one or more helping verbs is in front of a
  main verb
• The verb phrase is the Complete Verb

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23 Helping Verbs

• Shall, should
• Will, was, were, would
• Is
• May, might, must
• Be, being, been
• Can, could
• Has, have, had
• Am, are
• Do, does, did

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Helping Verbs

• Helping verbs can be right in front of the verb
  or a few words away.
• Example
• I could have walked to the park.
• Main Verb walked
• Helping Verbs could have

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Complete Verb

• Includes the main verb and the helping verbs.
• Example
• She may be going to the mall today.
• Main verb going
• Complete Verb may be going

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Verbs Can Move

• Verbs can come before the subject
• Example Down the street ran the bulls.

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Verbs Can Move

• Sometimes the subject will appear between the
  helping verb and the verb.
• Example Will you go to the movie tonight?

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Infinitives

• Any verb that has the word to in front of it is
  an infinitive it is NOT the main verb
• Infinitive to verb

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Infinitive

• I am going to eat cake.
• I Subject
• Am GoingComplete verb (helping verb main verb)
• To eat infinitive

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Compound Subjects

• When there are two or more subjects in an
  independent clause
• Bill and Sue want to go to the movies.
• SSV

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Compound Verbs

• When there are two or more verbs in an
  independent clause
• Sally swam and played all afternoon
• SVV

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Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs

• When there are two or more subjects and verbs
• The ponies and calves scampered and played in the
  field.
• SSVV

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Practice

• What is a simple sentence?
• A simple sentence is an independent clause that
  has a subject and a predicate.

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Practice

• How many independent clauses are in a simple
  sentence?
• One

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Practice

• Whats a subject?
• The person, place, thing, or idea that the
  sentence is about. Its always a noun.
• Whats a predicate (verb)?
• The action or state of being of the subject of
  the sentence

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Practice

• An independent clause has two important parts
  what are they?
• A subject and a Verb (predicate).

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Practice

• Whats a compound subject?
• When there are two or more subjects in an
  independent clause
• What are compound verbs?
• When there are two or more verbs in an
  independent clause

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Practice

• What is the head word of the subject?
• The one word that names what the sentence is
  about.
• What makes up a complete verb?
• The main verb and the helping verb

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Practice

• What are the simple sentence formulas?
• SV
• SSV
• SVV
• SSVV

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Practice

• The tree fell down.
• Stree, Vfell
• Here are the cookies.
• Scookies, Vare
• Are you going to the mall?
• Syou, Vgoing, Helping verbare