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WHAT IS A SENTENCE? the basic unit of written communication must have 3 elements: A subject A main verb A complete thought

WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE? one complete thought: I went to class. She My studied for two hours. English class is hard.

WHAT IS A SUBJECT? the person, place, or thing that a sentence is about a noun or pronoun a compound subject (two or more subjects: people, places, or things).

WHAT IS THE MAIN VERB? tells what the subject does or links the subject to another word that describes it. three types of verbs. Action Verb Linking Verb Helping Verb

ACTION VERBS tells action subject performs: E. g: The student strolled down the hall. The teacher lectured for two hours.

LINKING VERBS connects subject to another word or words that describe it e. g. : My math teacher is tall. The college campus looks big. Grammar seems difficult.

HELPING VERBS joining the action verb to form the complete verb. I should have studied more. The teacher is lecturing. He has been studying all day.

NOUN a word used as the name of something (the name of a person, a place, a thing, or of some abstract quality, such as, justice or truth) Common and Proper Nouns A Proper Noun: a noun that names some particular or special place, person, people, or thing A Common Noun: a general or class name

PRONOUNS a pronoun is a word used instead of a noun should agree in person, gender, and number personal pronouns: indicating the speaker, the person spoken to, or the person or thing spoken about first person (I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours) second person (you, yours) third person (he, his, him, she, hers, they, theirs, them, its)

ARTICLES indefinite articles “a” & “an” used to limit the noun to any one thing of a class definite article “the” picks out some one definite individual from a class

ADEJCTIVES a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun

EXERCISE 1. They left before sunrise. 2. Australia is a rich country. 3. These look interesting. 4. Keiko climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge. 5. Love conquers all. 6. Anything is possible. 7. She hates soap operas. 8. Someone damaged the photocopier. 9. Museums are popular with tourists. 10. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales