A sentence is a complete idea with a subject and a verb, starting with a capital letter. There are four main sentence structures: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. Sentences can be declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.
These should both be two sentences (or rewritten to punctuate them correctly). Remember that a sentence contains a subject and a verb and gives a complete thought.
Typically, in writing, it begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop. There are three types of sentence structures: simple, compound and complex. Simple sentences have only one main clause: I’m not keen on musicals. Compound sentences have two or more main clauses, joined by a coordinating conjunction: I phoned her but she wasn’t there.
A subject is a part of a sentence that contains the person or thing performing the action (or verb) in a sentence. (See What is a verb?) Here are some examples: Example: Jennifer walked to the store. In this sentence, the subject is "Jennifer" and the verb is "walked." Example: After lunch, I will call my mother.
To have a complete sentence, a writer must have a subject as well as a predicate that contains a verb. Additional Resources: View some examples and further explanation of the general sentence elements. Check out a grammar quiz or an interactive grammar module to practice your grammar skills.
The order of a sentence in standard English is typically subject-verb-object. The subject is what does the action, the verb is the action itself, and the object is what receives the action.
A phrase is a group of words that works together in a sentence but does not contain a subject or a verb. Often phrases are used for descriptions of people, things, or events.