Part of Sentence

 

What is part of sentence?

part of sentence consist of five components namely: subject, predicate, object, clause and phrase.

1. Subject

The subject of a sentence is the person or thing about which an assertion is made or a question is asked . Subjects can either be "simple" (composed of a single pronoun, noun or noun phrase), "compound" or "complex“.

 Simple subjects

 • Christine looked in the mirror.

 In this example, "Christine" is the subject because the sentence asserts that she looked in the mirror.

 • The scientist was correct in her prediction.

 In this example, "the scientist" is the subject because the sentence asserts that she made a correct prediction.

2. Predicate

The main verb or verb phrase in the complete predicate.

• Verb phrase = helping verb + main verb

Ex: The cheerful yellow flowers brighten the front porch.

 • brighten the front porch = complete predicate 

• brighten = simple predicate

3. Object

A simple object is a word that "receives the action" of a transitive verb or a verbal. 

• I met her this morning. "Her" is the simple object that receives the action of being met.

. • Meeting her was nice. "Her" is the simple object of the gerund "meeting."

 • I always wanted to meet her. Here, "her" is the simple object of an infinitive. 

4. Clauses

A main clause is one which is independent. A subordinate clause depends on the main clause which it often modifies. Subordinating conjunctions (as, since, because...) or relative pronouns (who, which, that) usually introduce dependent clauses.

 • While I was driving, I noticed the leaves had begun to turn.

• cows eat grass This example is a clause, because it contains the subject "cows" and the predicate "eat grass.“

5. Phrases

A group of words that states a meaning but does not have a subject and a verb. Every phrase has a headword that determines the type of the phrase: 

• noun phrase : a phrase with a noun as the headword (solid rock, book store, late arrival, beautiful landscape, blue collar etc.).
• verb phrase : a phrase with a verb as the headword, usually consists of auxiliary and verb (go fishing, can help, wish to see, have lived, wanted to participate, was called, will be attending etc.) 
• adjective phrase: a phrase with an adjective as the the headword (very cloudy, extremely high, so expensive, rather unwell etc.)
• adverb phrase: a phrase with an adverb as the headword (very quickly, so well, too easily).
• prepositional phrase: a phrase with a preposition as the headword (on the table, beyond comprehension, near the village, to the cinema etc.)
• gerund phrase: a phrase with a gerund as the headword (teaching English, learning vocabulary, sending a message, flying a plane etc..
• infinitive phrase: a phrase with “to infinitive” as a headword (to study mathematics, to get on the train, to do well etc.)