To form a
correct English sentence the following 5 element must be followed
2. Predicator
3. Object
4. Complement
5. Adjunct
1. SUBJECT: A subject is the person
who performs an action. It may also be the person, thing or place talking about. For examples: ‘Felix wrote a letter’. Felix is the
subject. ‘The table is large’ the
table is the subject although it does not perform any action; it is the thing
being talked about.
2. PREDICATOR: Predicator simply refers to verbs. A verb carries the information in a sentence it express the
action or event in a sentence.
Example: Clinton gave me a rose
3.OBJECT: This is the receiver of
an action thus, we
have direct and indirect object
Example: The angry man slapped Felix
(direct)
They gave the boy a toy car (indirectly)
4. COMPLEMENT: It is a group of words, which
completes the meaning of a sentence. Thus, we have subject complement and object complement.
Subject complements tell something about the subject and
it is placed after the linking verbs.
For example: Earnest is handsome
Object complements tell something about the object. It gives
more information and explanation on the object of a verb
For example: She made her husband happy
The people elected the man president
5. ADJUNCT: It is a word or group
of words that performs the function of an adverb in a sentence.
Note: An adverb tells us a lot of things
about the verb.
For example:
Johnson talks fast
So, to write
a correct English sentence, you should not write any sentence which has no
subject or predicator. When you make a clause, start with subject, follow by
predicator. If you find it necessary, add more information about the action,
then add the adjunct.
S V
A
For
examples: She dance all night
S V O C A
She made her
husband happy last night
TYPES OF SENTENCE ACCORDING TO
STRUCTURE
The following are the types of sentence according to structure:
2. Compound sentence
3. Complex sentence
4. Compound –complex
5. Multiple sentence
SIMPLE SENTENCE: This is an independent clause or the main clause that expresses only one thought. It has only
one verb and it conveys only one idea.
For examples:
She wept bitterly
The young man by the car just told a lie
THE COMPOUND SENTENCE: This is formed when two or more independent clauses joined together by a co-ordinating conjunctions
like and, but, or separated by a comma or semi colon.
For examples:
Johnson went to the market and bought a lot
of goods.
She knows him, they live together
COMPLEX COMPOUND: It is the combination
of the independent or main clause and one or more subordinate clause. The main clause can stand on his
own in-terms of meaning while subordinate or dependent clause has to depend on
the main clause for his meaning.
For example:
This is the guy who dance very well at the
party
COMPOUND – COMPLEX
SENTENCE: This is type of sentence with at least 2 independent or main clause and at least I dependent or subordinate clause.
For example: The principal
came into the hall when the light was off but he was able to address the
student.
MULTIPLE SENTENCE: This is like the compound sentence with extended structure.
For example:
The business man came home from Dubai and expected
the warm embrace of his wife, but she had gone with another man.
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PUNCTUATION MARK
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PUNCTUATION MARK