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| What are the 4 main ways of communicating? |
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| Speaking, listening, writing, reading |
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| It names a person, place, thing or idea. |
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| It shows action or being. |
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| It takes the place of a noun. |
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| It tells how, when, or where about a verb. |
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| It tells which, whose, how many, or what kind of about a noun or a pronoun. |
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| It is a connecting words that begins a phrase. |
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| It is a word that joins words or word groups. |
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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period or other end punctuation. |
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| The subject tells who or what the sentence is about. |
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In a sentence, the predicate tells what the subject does (did) or is (was). The predicate of every sentence contains a verb. |
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| The complete predicate contains the verb and all the other words that tell what the subject does or is. |
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| The simple predicate is a single verb or verb phrase. |
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| A verb phrase contains a main verb and at least one helping verb. The most common helping verbs are forms of be, have, and do. |
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| Verb forms of Be, Have, and Do |
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| Forms of be, have and do can be main verbs or helping verbs. These verbs can be used alone. |
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| Verb forms of May, Can, Shall and Will |
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| Forms of may, can, shall and will can be helping verbs only. They cannot be main verbs. |
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| The complete subject of a sentence contains all the words that tell who or what the sentence is about. |
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The simple subject is the main word that tells who or what the sentence is about.
The simple subject is a noun, noun phrase or a pronoun. |
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Subject pronouns are I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
Any of the subject pronouns may be used as the subject of a sentence. |
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| Three steps to find the simple subject |
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1. First, find the simple predicate.
2. Ask who or what about the simple predicate.
3. Say the simple subject and the simple predicate together to see if they make sense.
Remember: Not every noun in a sentence is the simple subject. |
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| A sentence that states a fact or gives information is a statement. |
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A sentence that asks for information is a question.
There are two kinds of questions:
1. those that can be answered with yes or no, and
2. questions that begin with wh words -- who, whose, whom, what, which, wen, where, and why.
Almost all questions have a helping verb before the subject. |
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A command is a sentence that gives instructions or makes a request.
The subject of a command is always "you". It is usually understood instead of being stated.
The verb is usually the first word in a command, although it may come afte a word like please, always or never. |
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| An exclamation is a sentence that expresses strong feeling. |
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| Diagramming sentence skeletons |
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1. The simple subject and the simple predicate make up the sentence skeleton.
If the simple subject is a noun phrase, be sure to include the entire phrase.
If the simple predicate is a verb phrase, be sure to include the entire phrase.
In many qeustions, the verb phrase is split and part of it comes before the subject and part of it comes after.
If the subject "you" is understood in a command, it is put in parentheses on the diagram. |
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