Review: The Simple Sentence

nouns verbs adjectives adverbs conjunctions prepositions The guard watches. security carefully The security guard watches carefully. at RossIn the evening,for shoplifters In the evening, the security guard at Ross watches carefully for shoplifters. new in the dressing room In the evening, the new security guard at Ross watches carefully for shoplifters in the dressing room.

In the evening, the new security guard at Ross watches carefully for shoplifters in the dressing room.

Compound Subjects

Tony fell. Tony and Iris fell. Tony and Iris fell off the bicycle.

Newspapers are the best source of news. Newspapers and radio are the best sources of news.

Wild roses grow in the city’s park. Wild roses and daffodils grow in the city’s park.

The owner of the company and his new secretary attended the conference in San Diego.

The school’s principal and the winner of the essay contest made speeches on graduation day.

Compound Verbs

In the morning, my father always reads the paper. In the morning, my father always reads the paper and listens to the radio.

In my history class, the professor always picks on me. In my history class, the professor always picks on me and embarrasses me.

The coffee shop opens at six AM. The coffee shop opens at six AM and serves breakfast until 11 AM.

Verbs of more than one word

Anita sailed to Catalina. Anita will sail to Catalina. At the time of the murder, Anita was sailing to Catalina. Anita has sailed to Catalina ten times.

The nurses helped the patient. The patient was helped by the nurses. The nurses should have helped the patient. The patient should have been helped by the nurses.

On my 22 nd birthday, I had just graduated from college. Our number was finally called. After just ten minutes, the town had been completely destroyed by the tornado.

Verbs before the Subject

Two pens are in the desk drawer. In the desk drawer are two pens.

A spider is on your arm. There is a spider on your arm. ?

The map of California is in the car. Where is the map of California? ?

At midnight, there was a fireworks display in the stadium.

In the freezer were two old pieces of chicken.

Subjects Separated from the Verb

The bag sat on the counter. The bag of nuts sat on the counter. The bag of nuts and candies sat on the counter.

One of the football players won a scholarship. The boxes in the trunk of my car are for Goodwill. A party at the Governor’s mansion will be the event of the season.