A SENTENCE

GRAMMAR REVIEW
 RULES

What makes a sentence become a good sentence?

HOW ABOUT IN BAHASA INDONESIA?

Apa yang dimaksud dengan kalimat?

Lets decide which one is kalimat which one is not, okay?
Melon hijau matang. (bukan kalimat)
Itu adalah melon hijau. (kalimat)
Ayah menyukai melon hijau. (kalimat)
Dont you know about SPOK? What is SPOK?
 SO IT IS THE SAME!

In English, it also has normal sentence pattern:

Subject Verb Complement Modifier

John and I ate a pizza last night.
We studied grammar review last week.
 SUBJECT

The agent of the sentence in the active voice

The person/ thing that does the action of the sentence
Every sentence in English must have a subject
May be a single noun

Coffee is delicious. Milk contains calcium.

The subject may be a noun phrase (a group of words ending with a noun)

The book is on the table. That new, red car is Aruls.

 EXAMPLES OF SUBJECTS

Common subjects It and There can be subjects

We girls are not going to that movie. It is a nice day today.
George likes boats. There was a fire in that building last month.
Mary, John and I went to market yesterday. There were many students in the room.
The weather was very bad yesterday. It is raining right now.
 VERB

Follows the subject.

Shows the action of the sentence.
Every sentence must have a verb.
May be a single word.
Common subjects
We girls are not going to that movie.
George likes boats.
Mary, John and I went to market yesterday.
The weather was very bad yesterday.
It and There can be subjects
It is a nice day today.
There was a fire in that building last month.
There were many students in the room.
It is raining right now.
 COMPLEMENT

Completes the verb.

Similar to the subject because it is usually a noun or noun phrase.
Every sentence does not require a complement.

Common subjects It and There can be subjects

We girls are not going to that movie. It is a nice day today.
George likes boats. There was a fire in that building last month.
Mary, John and I went to market yesterday. There were many students in the room.
The weather was very bad yesterday. It is raining right now.
 MODIFIER

Tells time.
Tells place.
Tells manner of the action.

Common subjects It and There can be subjects

We girls are not going to that movie. (modifier of It is a nice day today. (modifier of time)
place)
George likes boats. There was a fire in that building last month.
(modifier of place & time)
Mary, John and I went to market yesterday. There were many students in the room. (modifier
(modifier of time) of place)
The weather was very bad yesterday. (modifier of It is raining right now. (modifier of time)
time)
 THE NOUN PHRASE
Countable
Things that can be counted
Book-one book, two books, three books,...
Student-one student, two students, three students,...
Person-one person, two people, three people
Non-countable
Things that cannot be counted
Milk-you cannot say one milk, two milks, but
A glass of milk-one glass of milk, two glasses of
milk,...
 THE NOUN PHRASE

WITH COUNT NOUNS WITH NON_COUNT NOUNS

A, the, some, any The, some, say
This, that, these, those This, that
None, one, two, three None
Many Much
A lot of A lot of
A large/great number of A large amount of
A few (a) Little
Fewer ...than Less ...... than
More ...than More ..... than
SOME IRREGULAR