English Grammar: Angelica Yan M. 216 4234

English Grammar
Name: Angelica Yan M.

ID: 216 4234.
Three Definition of Grammar.
 Grammar are rules that we have to use in all languages to have an effective
communication, are compounds by articles, pronouns and verbs and guide
us to use in a specific Grammatical tense. Every sentence requires a subject
and a verb to be complete.
 Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar

as the "rules" of a language; but in fact no language has rules*. If we use
the word "rules", we suggest that somebody created the rules first and then
spoke the language, like a new game. But languages did not start like that.
Languages started by people making sounds which evolved into words,
phrases and sentences. No commonly-spoken language is fixed. All
languages change over time.
 The grammar of a language includes basic axioms such as verb tenses,

articles and adjectives (and their proper order), how questions are phrased,
and much more. Language cannot function without grammar. It would
simply make no sense people require grammar to communicate effectively.
The Sentence.
A group of word that makes a complete sense or expresses a complete though,
each Sentence begins with a capital letter and each ends with a full stop, typically
containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation,
or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more
subordinate clauses.
There are four kind of sentences:
 Declarative Sentences
A sentence that simply affirms or denies something.
 Interrogative Sentences
A sentence that asks a question.
 Imperative Sentences
A sentence that expresses a command, advise or prohibition.
 Exclamatory Sentences.
A sentence that expresses strong feeling.
The Subject.
Is the naming part of a sentence, a person, place, thing, or idea that is being
discussed, described or performing the action of the verb. Without a subject, we
would have an action being done by no one or nothing simply happening on its
own, which cannot happen.
The Predicate.
Is the telling part, the predicate provides information about the subject, such as
what the subject is, what the subject is doing, or what the subject is like .
Simple Subject.
A simple subject is the most important word in the complete subject often
have modifiers before or after it, but, once these are removed, the word left is the
simple subject.
Example: My little Brother broke his finger.
(Little is describing Brother)
Simple Predicate.
A simple predicate is a grammatical construct (part of a sentence) that typically
refers to the action that the subject is performing. The simple predicate (simple
verb) is a single word (or group of words if a verb phrase) representing the verb
without any of its modifiers whereas a complete predicate refers to the
predicate/verb.
Example: The piece of candy tasted great
(The word Tasted asks yourself what did the piece of paper do or tasted)
Compound subject.
A sentence that have more than one subject , In a compound subject, the simple
subjects are joined by words like "and," "or," or "nor" (called coordinate
conjunctions) or pairings like "either/or" and "neither/nor" (called correlative
conjunctions).
Example: Lindsay and Mariah are great friends.
Compound Predicate.
A compound predicate has two actions for the same subject. In other words, the
subject of the sentence is doing more than one action. The easiest way to identify
a compound predicate is to look for a compound verb, which occurs when two or
more verbs share the same subject.
Example: My Dog came to visit us at school and played on the

playground with the kids.
Simple sentence.
A simple sentence shows one complete idea which means it has one subject and
one predicate.
Example: A cat chased a mouse
Subject + predicate
Compound Sentence.
A compound sentence is made when two or more simple sentence are joined
together with a conjunction, a conjunction is like a bridge that connects two
sentences, like, but, so and because. Dont forget to put a comma before the
conjunction when joining two full sentences.
Example: A cat chased a mouse, but the mouse ran into a hole.
Sentence structure and purpose.

 You can classify sentences according to the way they are put
together, you can see the verb can be in different forms: Past,
Present or continuous.
 You could add and adverb or time, manner or place.
 The basic parts of a sentence are the subject, the verb, and (often,
but not always) the object. The subject is usually a noun a word that
names a person, place, or thing. The verb (or predicate) usually
follows the subject and identifies an action or a state of being. An
object receives the action and usually follows the verb.
 A common way of expanding the basic sentence is with modifiers,

words that add to the meanings of other words. The simplest
modifiers are adjectives and adverbs. Adjectives modify nouns, while
adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
 The purpose of a sentence is the intent or function of the sentence.
declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative.

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English Grammar

Name: Angelica Yan M.

Three Definition of Grammar.

 Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar

 The grammar of a language includes basic axioms such as verb tenses,

Example: My Dog came to visit us at school and played on the

Sentence structure and purpose.

 You could add and adverb or time, manner or place.

 A common way of expanding the basic sentence is with modifiers,

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