intro into the elements of the English sentence

1. ENGLISH
SENTENCES

2. SENTENCE
=
COMPLETE IDEA
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

3. To express a complete
idea in English we need:
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

4. To express a complete
idea in English we need:
SUBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

5. To express a complete
idea in English we need:
SUBJECT VERB
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

6. They won.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

7. SUBJECT
They won.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

8. SUBJECT VERB
They won.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

9. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
Most verbs in English
have OBJECTS.

10. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
An OBJECT completes
the meaning of a verb.

11. They won the contest.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

12. They won the contest.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
VERB OBJECT

13. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report.

14. John wrote the report.
SUBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

15. John wrote the report.
VERB
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

16. John wrote the report.
VERB OBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

17. John wrote the report.
SUBJECT VERB VERB OBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

18. John wrote the report.
SUBJECT VERB VERB OBJECT
the performer
someone or something
that performs
the activity expressed
by the verb
the activity the experiencer
someone or something that
undergoes or experiences
the activity expressed
by the verb
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

19. Some verbs have
TWO OBJECTS.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

20. She bought her sister a nice gift.
INDIRECT
OBJECT
DIRECT
OBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

21. English is an SVO
language.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

22. SUBJECT VERB VERB OBJECT
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
English is an SVO
language.
who? did what? to whom?

23. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
(1) This factory produces 2000 items a day.
(2) I've already eaten lunch.
(3) They will have to clean all the mess.
(4) We arrived late to the party.
(5) She told me this in secret.

24. You shouldn't break
the SVO order.
(adverbs are an exception to this rule)
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

25. Most of our sentences
are longer than just SVO.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

26. What are some other
elements of a sentence?
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

27. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
where whenhow why
how
often

28. Where can you place
these elements
in a sentence?
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

29. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
where whenhow why
how
often
1 2 3 4 5

30. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report.

31. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report quickly.
how

32. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report quickly at home.
wherehow

33. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report quickly at home
yestarday.
wherehow when

34. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John wrote the report quickly at home
yestarday, because his office laptop broke.
wherehow when why

35. In English, important or
new information usually
begins a sentence.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

36. Sometimes you can
start your sentence
with other elements
(not SVO)
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

37. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
wherewhen
Yesterday, John wrote the report at home.

38. We add elements
after or before
SVO.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

39. ADVERBS
can be placed inside
SVO - before
the main verb
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

40. S V O
SENTENCE ELEMENTS
ADV
John quickly wrote the report.
John has quickly written the report.

41. When the main verb
is “BE”, we put the
adverb after the verb
SENTENCE ELEMENTS

42. SENTENCE ELEMENTS
John is usually late with the report.

43. Whe NEVER
put adverbs between
the verb and the object.
SENTENCE ELEMENTS