It is with each sentence that a thought is conveyed. To build your words into a more complex, well-expressed thought, understanding how a sentence works will benefit both writing and speaking.<\/p>\n
Subject<\/strong> – A complete sentence must have a subject, the element of the sentence about which something is said. A subject is always a noun, or a word or phrase that functions as a noun – i.e. a pronoun, infinitive, gerund or noun clause.<\/p>\n Example:<\/em> The basketball player<\/span> sailed through the air.<\/p>\n Predicate<\/strong> – Any complete sentence also contains a predicate, the part of the sentence which says something about the subject.<\/p>\n Example:<\/em> The basketball player sailed<\/span> through the air.<\/p>\n Object<\/strong> – The object of a sentence is a noun, other than the subject, that immediately follows, and therefore receives the action of the predicate. The subject does the action, the object receives the Example:<\/em> The basketball player sailed through the air<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A phrase is a group of related words that lacks a subject, a predicate, or both. A phrase is not a sentence.<\/p>\n Infinitive phrase<\/strong> – An infinitive phrase is based on an infinitive and functions as a noun, an adjective or an adverb.<\/p>\n Example:<\/em> To play basketball effectively,<\/span> a player must sail through the air.<\/p>\n Participial phrase<\/strong> \u2013 A participial phrase consists of a past or present participle and its modifiers; the whole phrase functions as an adjective.<\/p>\n Example:<\/em> Playing basketball effectively,<\/span> a player sails through the air.<\/p>\n Appositive phrase <\/strong>\u2013 An appositive phrase<\/em> consists of a noun and its modifiers which stands beside another noun and renames it. An appositive adds new information but does not modify any other word as an adjective would.<\/p>\n Example:<\/em> An effective basketball player, like a bird sailing through the air, appears weightless<\/span>.<\/p>\n Grammar is tricky and the rules do not have to be memorized. (Reference materials for such subjects are highly popular for a reason\u2026) Reviewing them occasionally helps build better writing and speaking skills because it refocuses thought on the structure with which you are building and presenting these ideas.<\/p>\n SchoolTutoring Academy<\/span> is the premier educational services company for K-12 and college students. We offer tutoring programs for students in K-12, AP classes, and college. To learn more about how we help parents and students in Santa Ana visit: Tutoring in Santa Ana.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is with each sentence that a thought is conveyed. To build your words into a more complex, well-expressed thought, understanding how a sentence works will benefit both writing and speaking. Subject – A complete sentence must have a subject, the element of the sentence about which something is said. A subject is always a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[119,939,1227,1287,1375,1611,1746],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-and-grammar","tag-appositive-phrase","tag-infinitive-phrase","tag-object","tag-participial-phrase","tag-predicate","tag-sentence-structure","tag-subject"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\naction.<\/p>\nPhrases<\/h1>\n