The Sentence — Flashcards

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A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, a mark of interrogation, or a mark of exclamation.

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A sentence is made up of subject and predicate. Subject = what the sentence is about; Predicate = what is said about the subject and includes the verb.

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The subject is that part of the sentence which names what the sentence is about. It usually comes first, though sometimes it may come after the predicate.

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The predicate is that part of the sentence which says something about the subject. The verb is an essential part of the predicate.

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The verb is the heart of a sentence because every sentence needs a verb to make complete sense. Without a verb, a group of words cannot become a sentence.

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Sentence structure: Subject + Predicate. The subject names the topic, and the predicate tells something about it.

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A phrase is a group of words that makes sense but not complete sense. It does not form a full sentence by itself. Example: a hockey match.

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It is not a phrase because not just any group of words can be called a phrase. A phrase must make sense. Played a hockey does not make proper sense, while a hockey match does.