Sentences (Part 1)

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 Sentence

• A sentence is a group of words

expressing a complete thought.
• Don’t confuse a sentence with a
phrase or a clause.

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 Essential Elements of a
Sentence
SUBJECT
SUBJECT
AAword
wordororgroup
groupofofwords
wordsthat
that
names
names a person, a place,or
a person, a place, or
aathing that is spoken about
thing that is spoken about
PREDICATE
A word or group
COMPLETE SUBJECT of words that tells
The subject with all its modifiers something about
the subject

COMPLETE PREDICATE
The predicate with all its modifiers
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• Word - a sound, or a combination of
sounds, or its representation in writing
or printing, that symbolizes and
communicates a meaning

• Phrase - a sequence of words intended

to have meaning

• Clause - a group of words containing a

subject and a predicate and forming part
of a compound or complex sentence

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Identify the (1) simple
subject, (2) complete
subject, (3) simple
predicate, and (4)
complete predicate in the
sentences in the following
slides.
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Our new sales manager
is a speaker in the
training program.

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The competent business
associates discussed the
new project while having
coffee.

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The value of the peso
has been slightly
fluctuating these
past few months.

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 Are these sentences?

[You] Don’t play

computer games
during office hours.

[You] Please answer the phone.

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Compound sentence - clauses
joined by coordinate conjunctions

Coordinate conjunctions - join words,

phrases or clauses of equal value
Examples:

and, or, not , but, either-or, neither-nor,

whether-or, not only-but also, both-and

I wanted to watch a late TV show, but I had to do a

lot of assignments.
The president praised the sales force, and the
CEO gave them bonuses.
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Complex sentence - made up of an
independent clause and one or more
dependent clauses, joined by
subordinate conjunctions

Subordinate conjunctions - introduce clauses used as

parts of speech: as nouns, adjectives or adverbs

Examples:
when, where, while, until, after, as, unless, if, because, for,
although, though, than, as if, before, since, wherever, whenever

I knew when you were coming.

This is the time when you should be studying.

When I came in, Mr. Reyes was speaking.

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