Sentence: Fabricating The Major Elements of A Composition 01
Sentence: Fabricating The Major Elements of A Composition 01
Sentence: Fabricating The Major Elements of A Composition 01
Fabricating the
major elements of
a composition
01
Mohammad Hossain
# Key Terms :
1. Subject : A noun or pronoun, commonly used in the starting of a sentence, the answer of
who/what/which before the verb, the person/place/thing/idea that is doing or being
something, a subject can be sometimes not only a word but also a clause.
2. Verb : a word used to denote an action/state/occurrence.
3. Object : Asking “whom” or “what” is receiving the action. Try to remember that the direct
object in a sentence is always a thing or a person who received the action of the verb.
4. Independent clause/Main clause : An independent/main clause can express a complete
thought (and can be a standalone sentence). It can contain a subject, a verb and an object.
5. Dependent clause/Subordinate clause : A dependent/Subordinate clause is usually a
supporting part of a sentence, and it cannot stand by itself as a meaningful proposition
(idea).
6. Phrase : A phrase is a group of words that does not consist of a subject and a verb. A
phrase can be short or long, but it does not include the subject-verb pairing necessary to
make a clause.
7. Subordinating Conjunction : A subordinating conjunction is a word or phrase that links a
dependent clause to an independent clause. This word or phrase indicates that a clause
has informative value to add to the sentence’s main idea, signaling a cause-and-effect
relationship or a shift in time and place between the two clauses. Some Handy SCs are
After, although, as, as if, as long as, as much as, as soon as, as though, because, before,
by the time, even if, even though, if, in order that, in case, in the event that, lest, now
that, once, only, only if, provided that, since, so, supposing, that, than, though, till, unless,
until, when, whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether or not, while etc.
8. Coordinating Conjunction : Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phrases, and
clauses. It is used when someone wants to give equal emphasis to two main clauses.
And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet are the CCs (FANBOYS)
1. Simple Sentence:
Condition: a subject, a verb, an object or completed thought or (object+phrase)
Structure: (Subject+verb+object) or (Subject+verb+object+phrase) or an
independent clause or (IC+phrase) or (phrase+IC) or (Phrase+IC+phrase)
Example: In the summer of 2018+(we+had+an awesome holiday)+in the Cox’s Bazar.
** Sub+verb+object=IC
2. Complex Sentence:
Condition: a subordinate clause, an independent clause and a subordinating
conjunction
Structure: DC+IC or (SC+IC=DC)+,+IC or IC+(SC+IC=DC)
Example: I feel nervous+(when+I see her)
** Sub+verb+object=IC, Subordinating conjunction+IC= Dependent clause (DC)
3. Compound Sentence:
Condition: Two independent clause, one coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS), no
dependency between clauses.
Structure: IC+,+CC+IC or CC+IC+,+IC
Example: I really need to go to work, but I am too sick to drive.