A simple sentence, therefore, will contain but one subject and one predicate.
There are only three parts of speech which can be used to make a simple sentence in this manner, and these are, either the noun and the verb, or the pronoun and the verb.
So, The boys and girls sing and play, is a simple sentence.
A simple sentence is one which expresses a single statement, question or command.
Place the following adverbs in the four classes we have made--if the classification be perfect, there will be five words in each column--then build each adverb into a simple sentence.
A Simple Sentence is one that contains but one subject and one predicate, either or both of which may be compound+.
Before one enters upon the study of punctuation, it is necessary for him to understand what is meant by an adjunct, a simple sentence, and a compound sentence.
In this, which is a simple sentence, and connects two words.
Errors innumerable have been introduced into the common modes of parsing, through a false notion of what constitutes a simple sentence.
And an other absurdly resolves a simple sentence into a compound one, thus: "'There was a difficulty between John, and his brother.
This question is really answered in the preceding paragraph, for a simple sentence is usually shorter than a complex or a compound sentence.
The subject or the predicate of a simple sentence, or both, may, however, consist of several parts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "simple sentence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
