subject,verb,compliment&modifier

      1.  SUBJECT

Definition: The subject of a sentence is the noun, pronoun or noun phrase that precedes and governs the main verb. The subject is the part of the sentence that performs an action or which is associated with the action.

For example:

·Who plays the piano?
 "David" ( = Subject)
· "plays the piano" ( = predicate) tells us what David does.
· Who interviewed all the witnesses?
 ·"The police" (= Subject)
· "interviewed all the witnesses" ( = predicate) tell us what the police did.

2. VERBS

Definition: Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw, run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject. To put it simply a verb shows what something or someone does.

For Examples:
* Dracula bites his victims on the neck.
* In early October, Giselle will plant twenty tulip bulbs.
* She travels to work by train.
* We walked five miles to a garage. 

     

  3. COMPLEMENTS

Definition: A complement completes the verb. It is similar to the subject because it is usually a noun or noun phrase; however, it generally follows the verb when the sentence is in the active voice. NOTE: Every sentence does not require a complement. The complement CANNOT begin with a preposition. A complement answers the question what? Or whom?

For examples:

·      John bought a cake yesterday. (What did John buy?)

·      Jill was driving a new car. (What was Jill driving?)

·      He wants to drink some water. (What does he want to drink?)

·      She saw John at the movies last night. (Whom did she see at the movies?)

·      They called Mary yesterday. (Whom did they call?)

·      He was smoking a cigarette. (What was he smoking?)

  

      4.  MODIFIER

Definition: A modifier tells the time, place, or manner of the action. Very often it is a prepositional phrase. A prepositional phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun.

For examples:

·      John bought a book at the bookstore. (Where did John buy a book?) (at the bookstore: Modifier of place)

·      Jill was swimming in the pool , yesterday. (Where was Jill swimming?)(When was Jill swimming?) (in the pool: Modifier of place ) (yesterday: Modifier of time)

·      He was driving very fast. (How was he driving?) (very fast: Modifier of manner)

·      The milk is in the refrigerator. (Where is the milk?) (in the refrigerator: Modifier of place)

·      She drove the car on Main Street. (Where did she drive?) (on Main Street: Modifier of place )

·      We ate dinner at seven o’clock. (When did we eat dinner?) (at seven o’clock: Modifier of time)

    

Latihan soal :

1.          She is driving very fast,where in the sentence which is the subject?

a.         She

b.        Is

c.         Driving

d.        Very fast 

2.        Jhon bought a book at  a book fair.whwn in the sentence which is the verb?

a.         Jhon

b.        Bought

c.         A book

d.        A book fair

3.         She opened the window every morning, whwre in the complement?

a.         She

b.        Opened

c.         The window

d.        Every morning

4.        Sarijon bought a cake yesterday,where in the sentence which in the modifier?

a.         Sarijon

b.        Bought

c.         A cake

d.        Yesterday

5.        Below i s the subject,excep ?

a.         I

b.        Young

c.         They

d.        yesterday

Refrensi :

http://aisyahnasution94.blogspot.com/2015/04/sentence-pattern-subject-verb.html

www.hanibi.com/2013/04/regular-verb-and-irregular-verb.html