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    Simple Sentence

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    This document defines and provides examples of simple sentences. A simple sentence contains a single subject and predicate, expressing a single complete thought with only one independent clause. It can include adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, or joined nouns/verbs, but remains a simple sentence as long as it only contains one independent clause. The subject is the topic being discussed, occurring at the beginning of the sentence as a noun phrase. The predicate follows the subject and contains a verb, conveying a thought about the subject. Together the subject and predicate form the basic structure of a simple sentence.

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    This document defines and provides examples of simple sentences. A simple sentence contains a single subject and predicate, expressing a single complete thought with only one independent clause. It can include adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, or joined nouns/verbs, but remains a simple sentence as long as it only contains one independent clause. The subject is the topic being discussed, occurring at the beginning of the sentence as a noun phrase. The predicate follows the subject and contains a verb, conveying a thought about the subject. Together the subject and predicate form the basic structure of a simple sentence.

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    This document defines and provides examples of simple sentences. A simple sentence contains a single subject and predicate, expressing a single complete thought with only one independent clause. It can include adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, or joined nouns/verbs, but remains a simple sentence as long as it only contains one independent clause. The subject is the topic being discussed, occurring at the beginning of the sentence as a noun phrase. The predicate follows the subject and contains a verb, conveying a thought about the subject. Together the subject and predicate form the basic structure of a simple sentence.

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    Simple Sentence

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    This document defines and provides examples of simple sentences. A simple sentence contains a single subject and predicate, expressing a single complete thought with only one independent clause. It can include adjectives, adverbs, prepositional phrases, or joined nouns/verbs, but remains a simple sentence as long as it only contains one independent clause. The subject is the topic being discussed, occurring at the beginning of the sentence as a noun phrase. The predicate follows the subject and contains a verb, conveying a thought about the subject. Together the subject and predicate form the basic structure of a simple sentence.

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    The key takeaways are that a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, describes one thing or idea, has only one verb, and contains only an independent clause. Adjectives, adverbs, and prepositional phrases do not change a simple sentence into a complex one.

    The components of a simple sentence are a subject, which is typically a noun phrase, and a predicate, which follows the subject and typically starts with a verb indicating an action or state of being.

    The term 'simple' refers to the basic structure of a sentence. Simple sentences can be long or short and express simple or complex thoughts, but the underlying structure is still considered simple based on having only one independent clause.

    Simple Sentence

    Mohamad Hafiz b Zainal Abidin


    Muhamad Asyraf b Muhamad Ludin
    NurShafiqah bt Ahmad
    NurAzinie bt Abd.Halim
    Nur Fashahah bt Mohamed Anawa
    Syazwana Zakiah bt Ismail
    Wan Nurul Aishah bt Wan Hamat
    A simple sentence contains a single
    subject and predicate. It describes
    only one thing, idea or question, and
    has only one verb - it contains only an
    independent (main) clause.

     Any independent clause can stand


    alone as a sentence. It has a subject
    and a verb and expresses a complete
    thought.

     For example:
     Jill reads.
     Suraya eats.

     Even the addition of adjectives, adverbs, and
    prepositional phrases to a simple sentence
    does not change it into a complex sentence.

     For example:
     The brown dog with the red collar always
    barks loudly.

     Even if you join several nouns with a
    conjunction, or several verbs with a
    conjunction, it remains a simple sentence.
     For example:

     The dog barked and growled loudly.



     English sentences are composed of a
    topic and something said about that
    topic, commonly referred to as the
    subject and predicate.
       SENTENCE         =           SUBJECT         +          
    PREDICATE

    Johny hungry
     The subject and predicate are often described
    as a topic and a comment, what is being
    talked about (the subject) and what is being
    said about it (the predicate).    Each of these
    elements is characterized by a combination
    of three elements or perspectives:
    Ø a position or slot within a sentence
    Ø a certain form or type of grammatical
    construction
    Ø a certain meaning

     Thus the subject of a sentence typically
    voccurs at the beginning of the sentence
    (position),
    vconsists of a noun phrase (form), and
    vindicates the topic of the discussion (meaning).
     
     

     The predicate

    vfollows the subject,


    vstarts with a verb indicating an action or state
    of being, and
    vconveys a thought about the subject.

     A subject and predicate, together, form a simple
    sentence.    As used here, the term "simple" refers to
    the basic structure of a sentence.    Simple sentences
    can be short or long, and can express simple or
    complex thoughts and may contain complex
    constructions, but the basic structure of the sentence
    is simple. Here are two simple sentences:
    -  John ate spaghetti.

    - The boy from Conosha with the funny earring in his left

    ear devoured a dish of delicious Italian pasta a la


    Milanese.
     These two sentences have the same structure:
        John

     ate
       spaghetti.

        The boy from Conoshawith the funny earring in his left

    ear
    devoured
     Both are simple sentences from a structural
    point of view.    They both consist of    a
    subject and a predicate indicating what the
    subject did.    They are both composed of
    two noun phrases and a verb.    They both
    can be reduced with pronouns to
     He ate it.
    qNote that length alone does not determine
    structure, although it is often a factor.    We
    are concerned with the complexity of
    structure, not length.

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