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SENTENCE
ESSENTIALS
The sentences in this exercise give information about the
folktale, “The Little Daughter of the Snow.” They
will illustrate the different types of sentences: Simple,
Complex,
and Compound.
Every sentence consists of a Subject
+ Predicate. The
predicate consists of the verb and the rest of the sentence.
In the table below, S + V + O
represents a sentence with a
transitive verb.
You know the verb has an object if you can ask and answer
the question whom or what after the verb.
Adverbial modifiers
indicating time, place, reason, or manner
can also follow the object as in this sentence: The elderly
couple wanted a child to
ease their loneliness. (The infinitive
phrase is the modifier. It explains why they wanted a child.)
S + V + M represents a sentence
with an intransitive verb followed by an adverbial modifier.
You know that a modifier follows the verb if you can ask and
answer questions like when, where, why, how, how much, etc.
after the verb. However, not all sentences with intransitive
verbs are followed by adverbial modifiers.
S + LV + C represents a sentence
with a linking verb followed by a complement.
The complement completes the meaning of the
sentence. It is either an adjective that describes the subject
or a noun that is another term or name for the subject as
in the sentences, “The man
and woman were very old,”
or “They were a very old couple.”
Study the examples in the chart.
| Simple
Sentences |
S
+ V + O
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S + LV +
C
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S
+ V + (M)
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A simple sentence has
a subject and a predicate - the verb and the rest of
the sentence. Verbs may be transitive, intransitive,
or linking verbs.
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The old couple wanted
a child.
They made a
little snow girl.
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They were very lonely.
The little
snow girl was very special.
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They lived alone.
The snow girl
danced wildly in the wind and snow.
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Take this Quiz
to see if you can recognize the simple sentence structures
listed above by analyzing the verbs. The sentences refer to
the story, “The Little Daughter of the Snow.
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VERSION
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