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Parts of A Sentence: 1. Subject

The document defines the key parts of a sentence including the subject, which tells who or what the sentence is about; the predicate, which includes the verb and anything that follows it and tells what the subject does or is; objects which receive the action of the verb; complements which modify the subject when linking verbs are used; and modifiers which provide additional description of parts of the sentence.

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Parts of A Sentence: 1. Subject

The document defines the key parts of a sentence including the subject, which tells who or what the sentence is about; the predicate, which includes the verb and anything that follows it and tells what the subject does or is; objects which receive the action of the verb; complements which modify the subject when linking verbs are used; and modifiers which provide additional description of parts of the sentence.

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Parts of a Sentence

1. Subject
In general, the subject refers to the part of the sentence that tells who or what the
sentence is about. For example:
 Kelly walked down the street.
 They went to school.
 The black cat is sleeping.
The subject is a noun, pronoun or noun phrase.

2. Predicate
The predicate of a sentence includes the verb and everything that follows it. This
typically tells what the subject does with an action verb or describes the subject using
a linking verb and a complement.
Let's return to the first example sentence:
 Kelly walked down the street.

3.Object
Objects are noun phrases that are included in the predicate. They are the things
being acted upon by the verb. For example:
 Susan bought the gift.
 The dog caught the ball.
 The boy spilled the milk.

4.Complement
In predicates that use linking verbs rather than action verbs, items following the verb
are known as complements. Complements modify the subject by describing it further. For
example:
 I am a teacher.
 The cat was the laziest creature.
 The woman seems smart

5. Modifier
Modifiers are words or phrases that describe parts of the sentence by adding
additional information. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, while adverbs modify verbs,
adjectives, and other adverbs. It is possible for parts of speech to do this work alone in the
sentence in either the subject or the predicate. For example:
 The blue boat sank.
 The boat slowly sank.

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