1. Writing English Preparation Ali Abdullah al shehan : Supervision
The Sentence
Writing English
Preparation
Ali Abdullah al shehan
: Supervision
Abdul Aziz al-Sanusi

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* What is a sentence ? A sentence is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought .A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period examples : * *He is a student . *It is hot today . *He looks tired .
: Look at this simple example
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predicate
Subject
verb
English
speak
You

3. Sentence Types
* Simple
* Compound
* Complex
* Compound-Complex

4. Basic Elements of Every Sentence
SUBJECT
PREDICATE

5. Basic Elements
SUBJEC
PREDICATE
plays tennis
ahmad

6. . A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate.

7. Observe how a simple sentence is
:constructed
We went to San Juan yesterday.

8. *Explain why the (NS) word groups are not sentences : is very hot todey ( There is no subject ) NS S it is very hot todey, NS My new classmate from Brazil ( no verbs) S He spaks three languages fluently 5 Ns Is very handsome ( No verbs )

9. Simple Sentence We went to Mecca . Pronoun Verb Prepositional phrase
Simple subject
Complete predicate

10. What is a subject. The subject talls who or what did something
What is a subject ? The subject talls who or what did something . It is a noun or pronoun
My roommate lost his keys .
(who lost his keys ? … my roommate )
The taxi hit the child.
What hit the child ? … the taxi ) )
Soccer and tennis .
( What are my favorite sports ? … soccer and tennis )

11. What is a verb ?
The verb usually talls an action Sometimes a verb doesn’t tell an action Sometimes it just links the subject with the rest of the sentence .
Action verb . Name an action
as hit , live , lose , speak, go ,and come .
The taxi hit the child . *
My family lives in a two-bedroom apartment . *
My roommate lost his keys .

12. Linking verbs : link the subject with the rest of the sentencs
Linking verbs : link the subject with the rest of the sentencs . Linking verbs do
Not have objects . The most common linking verbs are be , become , look , feel , seem , smell , sound , and taste .
Soccer and tennis are my favorite sports . …… . L feel lucky today
Linking verbs

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The above example sentence is very short. Of course, a sentence can be longer and more complicated, but basically there is always a subject and a predicate. Look at this longer example
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predicate
Subject
verb
English when they are working
speak
Ram and Tara

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Note that the predicate always contains a verb. Sometimes, in fact, the predicate is only a verb: So we can say that a sentence must contain at least a subject and verb
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predicate
Subject
verb
rises
Smoke

15. Appreviation Note also that a sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop* or a question mark or an exclamation mark. Look at these examples:
People need food .
How are you ?
! Look out