The document discusses the basic parts of a sentence. It states that every sentence has two essential parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the part about which something is being said, while the predicate is the part that says something about the subject. It further breaks down subjects and predicates into their simple and complete forms, with the simple being the main word and the complete including any modifiers.

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The Sentence
is a group of words
expressing a complete thought.
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Every sentence has two essential parts:
and
The subject of a sentence
is the part about which
something is being said.
The flower bloomed.
Bob painted.
The predicate of a sentence
is the part which says
something about the subject.
Bill told everyone
about the wreck.
Mary sobbed.
The girls on the team were all Sue plays the piano well.
good students.

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The simple subject is the
main word in the complete
subject.
The four new students arrived
early.
Simple subject
students
The complete subject is
the main word and all its
modifiers.
Complete subject The four new
students
The simple predicate, or
verb, is the main word or
group of words in the
complete predicate.
Sara’s sister took us bowling
yesterday.
Simple predicate took
The complete predicate is
the verb and all its
modifiers.
Complete Predicate
bowling yesterday
took us