The simple sentence

GRAMMAR & STRUCTURE — ExamplesSimple Sentences     Tom sings. Subject Tom Verb sings Tom is singing a song. Subject Tom Verb is singing Tom and Mary are singing a lovely song. Subject Tom and Mary (plural) Verb are singing (plural) Tom and Mary are singing a lovely old song to their baby daughter. Subject Tom and Mary (plural) Verb are singing (plural) Pronoun their (plural) The cat is black. Subject cat Verb is The black cat is sitting on the red chair. Subject cat Verb is sitting The black cat sitting on the red chair is hungry. Subject cat Verb is One of the cats is black.Neither of the cats is black. Each of the cats is black. Subject one of/neither of/each of the cats (singular) Verb is (singular) A few of the cats are black.Some of the cats are black.Both of the cats are black. Subject a few of/some of/both of the cats (plural) Verb are (plural)  GRAMMAR & STRUCTURESimple Sentences     A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, is a sentence that has one subject and one verb. The cat is black.   subject + verb   A simple sentence: is a group of words combined to make one complete thought. begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. may be short or long. shows plural / singular agreement between the subject and the verb. has pronoun agreement between the subject and the pronoun(s) referring to the subject. ExercisesSimple Sentences     Answer the following questions to check your knowledge of simple sentences. Choose the subject in the following sentences. Example     The teacher and the students went to the beach.the teacherthe studentsthe teacher and the studentsthe beach 1. They stayed on the beach for three hours.   they   hours   three hours   the beach       2. Most of them brought their lunch.   most   them   most of them   lunch       3. With the whole afternoon ahead of them, the students planned to play games at the beach.   them   the whole afternoon   the students   games       Choose the verb in the following sentences.       4. The students speak English fluently.   students   speak   English   fluently       5. The students ate their lunch at the beach an hour ago.   students   at   ate   ago       6. Indicate which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement.   One of the students speak fluently.   One of the students speaks fluently.       7. Indicate which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement.   My dog and my cat like each other very much.   My dog and my cat likes each other very much.       8. Indicate which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement.   Neither the teacher nor her student have ever been to Canada.   Neither the teacher nor her student has ever been to Canada.       9. Indicate which sentence has correct subject-pronoun agreement.   Each of the female students had her own car.   Each of the female students had their own car.       10. Indicate which sentence has the correct subject-verb agreement.   Neither of the children watch TV.   Neither of the children watches TV.