Sentence structure

REVISION

By Merav Jerafi-Hochmitz

What is in a sentence?

verbSubjectSentence= + _ .+

Basically, if there is no subject, it is not a sentence.

Examples:

I live in the city. - This is a sentence.

live in the city. - Not a sentence

What if there is no subject? -1

• In the Imperative form (=ציווי ) , we omit the subject because we give orders to another person whom we know (YOU).

What if there is no subject? - 2

Examples:

You drink your tea (every morning). - Affirmative

Drink your tea! - Imperative (A command)

What can be a subject?

• A subject can be a noun or pronoun, in the singular or in the plural.

Examples:

Noun (singular) – a chair, a bus, a baby, a child

Nouns (plural) – chairs, buses, babies, children

Pronouns – I, you, he, she, it (singular)

we, you, they (plural)

What else is in the subject?• The subject can include more details

about the person/object who does it.

Examples:

The big yellow school bus takes us to school.

Many young people use the computer.

What is a verb? -1

• A verb can be an action.

Examples:

He walks to school every day.

They are eating in a restaurant.

What is a verb? -2

• A verb can show a state of mind / feelings.

Example:

I hate to wake up in the morning.

He wants to be a doctor.

What is a verb? -3

• A verb can show a state of being

Example:

I am a human being.

He is a good man.

She has a car.

My parents have a new car.

What if there is no verb?

If there is no verb, it is not a sentence.

Examples:

I live in the city. - This is a sentence.

I in the city. - Not a sentence

There is an order in the madness!

Word order - 1

• In a sentence, the verb comes after the subject.

1. Danny likes Dina. Danny is the subject. (He likes her.)

2. Dina likes Danny .Dina is the subject. (She likes him).

The frame

Now, that you got the picture, don’t forget the frame:

• A sentences starts with a CAPITAL letter.

• It ends with a full stop ( .) an exclamation

mark ( ! ) or – question mark ( ? ) .

So what did we have?

verbubject + _ +Ss .