GROUP 1

WE NEVER WALK ALONE

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“A person who never made a
mistake never tried anything
new.”
 MATERIAL

Introductory Sentence

Subject and Predicate

Personal and Impersonal
Introductory
Sentence
• Introductory sentences are general sentences that open
paragraphs and precede the topic sentence.
 Introductory Sentences Versus Topic Sentences

• Because textbook authors often make the first sentence of a

paragraph the topic sentence, readers sometimes confuse
introductory sentences with topic sentences.
Subject
and
Predicate
 SUBJECT

• A subject is the person or thing that is doing an action, or the

person or thing that is the focus of the sentence.

• Example:
• Mary likes to run at the public park.
 PREDICATE

• The predicate of the sentence is the part that contains the

action.

• Example
• Mary likes to run at the public park.
PERSONAL AND
IMPERSONAL
 PREDICATE
• The verbs think, believe, say, report, know, expect,
consider, understandetc are used in the following passive
patterns in personal and impersonal constructions.
• Active:        People believe that he lied in court. 
Passive:      1. It is believed (that) he lied in court. (impersonal)
                  It + passive + that-clause
                  2. He is believed to have lied in court. (personal)
                  Subject + passive + to-infinitive
Active:       They expect him to arrive soon. 
Passive:     3. It is expected (that) he will arrive soon. (impersonal)
                It + passive + that-clause  
                4. He is expected to arrive soon. (personal)
                Subject + passive + to-infinitive
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SOURCE
- http://laflemm.com/reso/introSentences.html
- http://passivecausality.weebly.com/personal-and-impersonal-constructions.html
- https://www.myenglishteacher.eu/blog/subject-and-predicate/