sentence

Sentence Components

Subject - The noun or pronoun doing the action

Predicate - The part of the sentence that contains the verb and tells what the subject does.

Object - The noun or pronoun receiving the action.

clause - A group of words with a subject and verb

phrase - A group of words without both a subject and a verb. “under the bed, after the movie”

modifier- A word or phrase that describes or changes another word: “The very tall man.”

Verb Forms and Sentence Structure

Tense: Shows the time of the action Voice: Active or passive

• active: the cat chased the mouse.
• passive: the mouse was chased by the cat. Mood: The form of the verb that shows the speaker’s attitude:
• indicative: statements/questions like, “She runs.”
• imperative: For commands (Run! Jump!)
• subjunctive: For wishes or hypotheticals (If I were taller…)