Before mixing the ingredients for his world-famous cookies, Bobby swatted a fly buzzing around the kitchen and crushed a cockroach scurrying across the floor.
That (above) is not a simple sentence. A simple sentence has one clause.
A compound verb (verb phrase) has two or more words. eg am listening, was watching, has been,
Examples:
I was listening to the wind.
The dog has been eating the cake.
A simple subject is what or whom the sentence is about, the main noun. A simple predicate is the action the subject is doing in the sentence, a verb. These are simple, not associated with the compound subject or compound predicate, which are inverse to these. SO:Sentence: The old dog loafs by the fire.Simple subject: dogSimple predicate: loafs
A simple subject and simple predicate are the two main parts of each sentence. A simple subject is the common pronoun, noun, or proper noun that tells who the sentence is about. A simple predicate is the verb in the sentence that acts on the subject.
Complex (APEX)
A complex sentence might have a compound verb in it when a subject has two or more verbs that interact with it in some manner. If the subject only has a single verb associated with it, it is not a compound verb.
A sentence with a compound subject.Bob and I went to the movies. Bob and I is the compound subject, went is the verb.
I went to work and saw my boss.
A compound subject is when two or more subjects share the same predicate in a sentence. For example, "John and Sarah went to the store." The simple predicate is the main verb in the sentence that shows the action or state of being of the subject. In the example sentence, "went" is the simple predicate.
In the sentence "was" is the auxiliary verb and the simple predicate and 'was surprised' is the compound verb (helping verb 'was' and the main verb 'surprised') and the complete predicate.
No, "did not" is not a simple predicate; it is a compound verb phrase. A simple predicate consists of the main verb or verb phrase without any auxiliary verbs or modifiers. In this case, "did" serves as an auxiliary verb, while "not" negates the action of the main verb that would follow. For example, in the sentence "She did not go," the simple predicate is "go."
A simple sentence typically consists of one subject and one verb. For example, "She runs" has the subject 'she' and the verb 'runs'.
A compound subject consists of two or more subjects joined by a conjunction, while a simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in the sentence. For example, "Tom and Jerry play soccer every Saturday" has a compound subject ("Tom and Jerry") and a simple predicate ("play"). Another example is "The cat and the dog sleep on the couch," where "The cat and the dog" is the compound subject and "sleep" is the simple predicate.
A simple subject is what or whom the sentence is about, the main noun. A simple predicate is the action the subject is doing in the sentence, a verb. These are simple, not associated with the compound subject or compound predicate, which are inverse to these. SO:Sentence: The old dog loafs by the fire.Simple subject: dogSimple predicate: loafs
A simple predicate is the main verb or verb phrase in a sentence that tells what the subject does. For example, in the sentence "The cat sleeps," "sleeps" is the simple predicate, indicating the action performed by the subject, "the cat." Another example is in "She runs fast," where "runs" serves as the simple predicate.
yes you can, a very simple sentence. For example he is skipping.
Parallel form is when two parts of a compound sentence use the same basic word structure. For example: I went to the store; I bought milk. This is a compound sentence - note the use of the semicolon indicating two separate and complete statements. Both use a simple structure: first person subject, past-tense verb, simple object of the verb.
Its not possible. For a simple sentence you can only have a verb and a subject. ie. She eats. He runs.
A simple subject and simple predicate are the two main parts of each sentence. A simple subject is the common pronoun, noun, or proper noun that tells who the sentence is about. A simple predicate is the verb in the sentence that acts on the subject.