Rey John C.

Villanueva
Mariano Marcos State University
College of Arts and Sciences
City of Batac, 2906, Ilocos Norte
Key Concept:

A complete sentence requires a subject and a

verb; it also must express a complete thought.
 A sentence must have a subject.
 A subject is a noun
 A person, place or thing
 Mr. Villanueva
 Mariano Marcos State University
 Hat
 Or a pronoun
 A word that takes the place of a noun
 She/he/they
 It
 A sentence must also have a verb.
 There are 2 types of verbs:
◦ Action
 Show movement
 Examples: to sing, to joke, to run, to walk
◦ Linking
 Linking verbs do not show action. Instead, they convey
existence, being, becoming, and sometimes, one of
the 5 senses. Linking verbs connect the subject and
the word after the linking verb.
 Examples: to be, to seem, to become
To identify the subject and verb in a sentence, ask these
questions:

 What is the action? What word links two or more

other words?
 the verb

 Who or what is performing the action?

 the subject
 1. Rey John sang.

 What is the action?

Sang (verb – action)
 Who sang?
Rey John (subject)

2. The students were happy.

 What word joins the description
to the subject? Were (verb – linking)

 Who were happy?

Students (subject)
 Identify the subjects and verbs in the following sentences:

1. Shirley laughs.
Subject = Shirley
Verb = laughs (action)
2. Bea Alonzo is famous.
Subject = Bea Alonzo
Verb = is (links description to subject)
3. The dog barked.
Subject = the dog
Verb = barked (action)
4. Michael V. creates funny characters.
Subject = Michael V.
Verb = creates (action)
 A single subject is referred to as a simple subject.
 A single verb is referred to as a simple verb.

Example:

The artist quickly drew the tourist’s caricature.

What is the action? Drew (one action = simple verb)

Who drew? Artist (one actor = simple subject)
 A sentence may also contain a compound subject:
two or more stated nouns or pronouns perform the
same action.

Example:
RJ and the students have gone to the movies.

What is the action? Have gone (one action = simple verb)

Who has gone? RJ+ students
(two stated actors = compound
subject)
 A sentence may also contain a compound verb: the
subject performs two or more actions.

Example:
Maria frequently drinks, dances, and parties through the
night.

What is (are) the action(s)? Drink, dance, + party

(3 actions =
compound verb)

Who drinks, dances and parties? Maria(one stated

actor = simple subject)
1. Compound Subject/Simple Verb:
In this case, two or more subjects perform
one action.
Example:
Rey John and Maria went to Pagudpud.
Verb:
went
Subject:
Rey John + Maria
2. Simple Subject/Compound Verb:
The simple subject of the sentence
performs two or more actions.
Example:
The audience booed and hissed at the
performer.
Verb:
booed + hissed
Subject:
The audience
3. Compound Subject/Compound Verb
This means that two or more subjects
perform two or more actions.
Example:
RJ, Maria, and Peter danced and ate all
night.
Verb:
danced + ate
Subject:
RJ, Maria, + Peter
Directions: Find the verbs and subjects. Indicate whether they are
simple or compound by writing S (for simple) or C (for compound) beside
the verbs and subjects.
C S

1. Armak and Celestial are two makers of local jeeps.

C S
2. Jose and Maria took a vacation last summer.
C
S
3. The clown juggled and sang.
S
C
4. Whales and skates returned to the bay.
C S
5. Juan and Petra visited the Herencia’s in Paoay last week.
Here is an example of a Format 1 sentence:

Birds sing.

The abbreviation for Sentence Format 1 is S-V.

S=
Birds
V=
sing
Directions: Fill in the blanks with words that follow Sentence
Format 1.
Children
1. _______________ yell.
Cats
2. _______________ meow.
Dancers
3. _______________ dance.
Swimmers
4. _______________ swim.
practice
5. Athletes _____________.
bark
6. Dogs ________________.
7. Joggers ______________.
jog

8. Flowers ______________.
blossom
Directions: Put a box around the subject and circle the verb.

1. The lamb cried loudly.

2. Every summer, John goes to day camp.
3. The class practiced for an hour every
week.
4. The price of gas just increased by 20
cents.
5. At night, hundreds of bats fly out of
that cave.
Example:
Harry hit the baseball.
Subject = Harry
Verb = hit
What relationship does baseball have to hit?

Baseball is the direct object (DO) of the verb.

Abbreviation for Sentence Format 2: S-V-

DO
 Directions: Label each sentence format. Identify the subjects, verbs,
and direct objects.

1. Students like milk tea. S-V-DO

2. The arrow struck a tree. S-V-DO

3. RJ cried. S-V
4. The chicken crossed the road. S-V-DO
5. The speaker declined the invitation.
S-V-DO
6. The fullback caught the football.
S-V-DO
7. The children jumped the fence.
S-V-DO
Example:
Ryan threw me the ball.
Subject: Hector
Verb: threw
Direct Object: ball
ME?
The indirect object tells to whom the object was
thrown.
The abbreviation for Format 3 is: S-V-IO-DO
To test for indirect objects in a sentence, follow these
2 steps:

1. Rewrite the sentence in format 2 (S-V-DO)

2. Add to or for plus the word in question to

the end of the sentence.
Example: Maria gave me the Harry Potter book.

Let’s decide whether me is the IO:

1. Rewrite the sentence to follow Format 2:

Maria gave the Harry Potter book. (S-V-DO)

2. Add to or for plus the word in question to the end

of the sentence:
Maria gave me the Harry Potter book. (May gave
the Harry Potter book to me?)
S-V-IO-DO
Directions: Label all subjects, verbs, indirect objects, and direct
objects.

1. Pablo awarded Henry the prize.

2. The boy bought the girl a flower.
3. I gave my friend an umbrella.
4. Sharon bought her father a sweater.
5. My English teacher gave me 1.0 on my test.
6. Hector fed the dog his dinner.
Thank you!!!