2. Learning Objectives
To understand the basic parts of a sentence.
To use and expand them accordingly.
3. Sentence, the heart of your story
Each sentence carries a complete thought or
idea.
1)You cannot enter.
2)I like sweets and chocolates.
3)The school is fun and exciting.
4)Let's go swimming.
It's a string of sentences that you build your
stories. In this topic, we discuss the basic parts
of a sentence.
4. Parts of a sentence
In any complete sentence, the basic parts are:
1) Subject – the name of a person, place or thing.
2) Verb – the action the subject has taken.
3) Object – what the subject is interacting with. It
can be another person, place or thing.
They are called SVO. Some examples:
1)Mary likes John.
2)He kicks the ball.
3)I am studying in Singapore.
5. Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Recall that adjectives and adverbs give more
details to your sentences. We can possible
enhance these sentences:
1)Mary likes John a lot.
2)He kicks the soccer ball.
3)I am studying in beautiful Singapore.
Q: Can you identify which sentence uses
adjectives and adverbs?
6. Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Recall again that adjectives and adverbs give
details that are necessary. So you may go
further and use both adj and adv:
1) Little Mary likes John a lot.
2) He kicks the soccer ball hard.
3) I am studying in beautiful Singapore for my
degree.
Q: Can you see that each sentence has both
adjective and adverb? Which is which?
7. Learning Activity
With these basic sentences – with SVO –
expand on them with adjectives and adverbs or
both.
1)My father goes fishing.
2)The school is undergoing renovation.
3)This toy belongs to Alice.
4)We are going to America.
Hint: Think about whether adjective or adverb
or both will give you the details you want.
8. Learning Activity Answers
Some of the possible answers are:
1)My father goes fishing again.
2)The neighbourhood school is undergoing
renovation now.
3)This expensive toy belongs to Alice next door.
4)We are going to America next month.
9. Discussion
What is the basic structure of a sentence?
What do we do with it to make them more
interesting?
10. In summary
The basic structure is the SVO – Subject-Verb-
Object.
We can add adjectives and/or adverbs to give
them the details we want in our sentences to aid
in the reader's imagination of our stories.
