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Grammar Components Explained

The document provides an overview of basic grammatical concepts, including subjects, predicates, verbs, objects, and complements. It includes definitions and examples for each concept, such as simple and compound subjects, action verbs, and direct and indirect objects. The content is aimed at students studying English grammar at the University of Education, Okara Campus.

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Grammar Components Explained

The document provides an overview of basic grammatical concepts, including subjects, predicates, verbs, objects, and complements. It includes definitions and examples for each concept, such as simple and compound subjects, action verbs, and direct and indirect objects. The content is aimed at students studying English grammar at the University of Education, Okara Campus.

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SENTENCE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

A group of words gives a complete sense. OKARA CAMPUS

Example: We chose Ali president every year.


Class: BS English Semester ll
SUBJECT Source Person: Anjum Aziz Abbas
A word or group of words that do/does an action.
Example: A naïve girl giggles.

PREDICATE
 Noun as a subject The remaining sentence rather than Subject.
Maham investigates the case.  Simple Predicate Example: The Earth revolves around the Sun.
 Simple Subject  Pronoun as a subject We. stopped
A player plays well. She feels boredom today.
 Phrase as a subject  Compound Predicate
 Compound Subject A black hawk soars in the sky. We stopped and ate lunch.
A player and bowler play well  Gerund as a subject
VERB
Cooking is my hobby.  Complete Predicate A word used to express action, state or occurrence
 Complete Subject He calls me fool twice. Example: He will have made a call.
 Infinitive as a subject
A seasoned player plays well. To sing is not a child’s play.

 Main Verb/Action Verb  Helping Verb  Linking Verb OBJECT


They call students. They are calling students. They are students.
A word or group of words that receive action.
Example: Alia reads an interesting book.
Auxiliary Verb It causes changing forms of verbs.
Transitive Verb
It causes changing forms of verbs. To be: They are impartial.
It needs object to complete
To be: is,am,are,was,were,be,been To become: They become impartial
Example: We take exercise.
To have: has,have,had To seem: They seem impartial.
To do: do,does,did
Intransitive Verb Direct Object:
It does not needs object to
complete Modal Verb
It is in direct relation with the verb. COMPLEMENT
Example: He gives me a book.
Example: He coughs. It carries same form of verbs A word that completes Subject Or Object.
The child sleeps. Example: will,shall,may,might, Can
She feels. could,should,would,must,ought to Example: He makes saim a fool.
Indirect Object:
It keeps indirect relation with Verb.
Subjective Complement:
Mostly they are living things.
It completes subject. Mostly linking verb is used in between subject and complement.
Example: He gives me a book.
Example: They are doctors.

ADVERBIAL
A word that adds something in Verb.
Objective Complement: Example: we met him last Sunday.
It completes object.
Example: He makes his friend fool.

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