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AE Module Unit 2 - Sentence (Element)
AE Module Unit 2 - Sentence (Element)
SENTENCE
- We won
S V
- he smiles
S V
The shortest sentence consists subject and verb, but a complete sentence must have
at minimum three things: a subject, Verb, an Object/complement. The grammatical
subject of sentence may be long and analysable into various part but it is not further
broken down at the subject/predicate level.
The subject and predicate/verb make up the two basic structural parts of any
complete sentence. it is the essential elements of sentence; verb (V), object (O),
complement (C). In addition, there are other element, contained within the subject or
predicate, these elements include the direct object, indirect object, and subject
complement.
Elements of Sentence in English Sentence Patterns
(S + V + DO + Pre + IO)