Parts of a Simple Sentence
Simple Sentence:
- A simple sentence is a group of words that has a subject, a verb and states a complete thought.
- A simple subject has one subject and one predicate.
- It consists of one independent clause (main clause) with no dependent clause (Sub-ordinate clause).
- Example: “Mom cooked dinner”
Subject: “Mom”
Verb: “Cooked”
- There is no conjunction at the beginning or end of the sentence, and it is a complete thought. So, this is a simple sentence.
- Let us see some examples:
“The children are sweeping the floor.”
“Ranzel washes the dishes.”
“They swim in the river.”
- The words like “The children”, “Ranzel”, “They” are subjects.
- The rest of the sentence are called as predicates.
“Mom and Dad cooked dinner.”
- Here “Mom” and “dad” are linked together by the co-coordinating conjunction “and”.
- Because the conjunction is connecting the subject, so this is a complete thought.
- So, we can call it a simple sentence.
Let’s see one simpler sentence.
“Mom and Dad cooked dinner and cleaned the kitchen”.
Subject: “Mom”, “Dad”
Verbs: “Cooked”, “Cleaned”
Verb phrases: “Cooked dinner”, “Cleaned the kitchen”
The subject is the one which is being talked about in the sentence.
- It is usually a noun or a pronoun.
- Most of the time, the subject can be found at the beginning part of a sentence.
- A simple sentence is always consisting of a single independent clause and does not contain a dependent clause.
Examples:
- Carol’s sweater is red.
- You and Alex need to be quiet.
- Ms. Bennett did a cartwheel and a backflip.
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