Mgtr.Guillermo.Mendoza

1. By
Mgtr. Guillermo Mendoza
• Simple Sentences

2. DIAGNOSTIC QUESTION
What is a simple sentence in English ?

3. Basic Elements
of every Sentence
SUBJECT PREDICATE

4. Basic Elements
Mary plays tennis.
SUBJECT PREDICATE

5. Simple Sentence

6. Simple Sentence
• A simple sentence has one subject and one
predicate.

7. Simple Sentence
We went to San Juan yesterday.
Observe how a simple sentence is constructed:

8. Simple Sentence
We went to San Juan .
Pronoun Verb
Simple subject Complete predicate
Prepositional phrase

9. SIMPLE SENTENCE
Mary plays tennis.
SUBJECT PREDICATE
one subject one
predicate

10. Simple Sentence
play tennis.
Tom and Mary
Compound Subject
&

11. Simple Sentence
play tennis and swim.
Tom and Mary
Compound Subject Compound Predicate
& &

12. SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
Tom and Mary play tennis.

13. SIMPLE SENTENCE
with compound subject
and
compound predicate
Tom and Mary play tennis and
swim.

14. EXPLORATORY QUESTIONS
1. Mention all sentences types you already know in
english.
2. What are the basic elements of a sentences?
3. What is a simple sentence?
4. How is the syntax of a simple sentence?
5. Identify the elements of this sentence:
Pedro and Juan are smart students
Maria and Juana play the guitar and sing. the
song

15. References
Writing Academic English, Second Edition, by
Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue. White Plains:
Addison, Wesley, Longman, 1999.
The Little, Brown Handbook, by H. Ramsey
Fowler and Jane E. Aaron, Pearson, 2004.