a. Subject (person or thing/does the action active)
· Single Noun Tunggal
· Noun Phrase Sekumpulan kata diakhiri dengan Noun, tidak berawalan dengan preposisi.
Example :
1. Coffee is delicious
2. The book is on the table.
3. That new red car is John’s.
4. We girls are not going to the movie.
5. George likes boats.
6. Mary, John, George and I went to a restaurant last night.
7. The weather was very bad yesterday.
8. The chemistry professor cancelled class today.
9. The bank close at two o’clock.
b. Verb (shows the action of the sentence)
1. Single Word
2. Verb Phrase consist one or more auxiliaries and one main verb (auxiliaries precede the main verb).
Example :
1. John drives too fast.
2. John is going to Miami tomorrow.
3. Jane has been reading that book.
4. She will go to Boston next week.
5. Jane is very tall.
6. She must have gone to the bank.
c. Complement :
• Complete the verb
• Usually noun or noun phrase
• Can not begin as a preposition
• A complement answers the question what or whom (but, not every sentence requires a complement)
Example :
1. John bought a cake yesterday (what did John buy?)
2. Jill was driving a new car (what was Jill driving?)
3. He wants to drink some water (what does he want to drink?)
4. She saw John at the movies last night (whom did she see at the movies?)
5. They called Marry yesterday (whom did they called?)
d. Modifier : tells the time (usually comes last), place, manner of the action, adverb. It is a prepositional phrase (group of words begins with a preposition and ends with a noun).
Example :
1. in the morning hurriedly
2. at the university next year
3. on the table outdoors
4. last night yesterday
Modifier answer the questions when, where, or how.
Example :
5. John bought a book at the book store. (where did John buy a book?)
Modifier of place
6. Jill was swimming in the pool yesterday. (where was Jill…/when was Jill…)
Modified place time
7. He was driving very fast. (how was he driving?)
Catatan : modifier letaknya setelah complement.
Example :
She drove on the street the car (salah).
She drove the car on the street (benar)
Compl modifier
EXERCISE :
1. Jill / is buying / a new hat / in the store.
Subject/verb phrase/complement/modifier of place
2. tety / is shopping / down town.
Subject/verb phrase/modifier of place
3. George / is cooking / dinner / tonight
subject / verb phrase/ complement / modifier of time
4. Henry and Marcia / have visited / the president
subject / verb phrase / complement
5. We/ eat / lunch /in this restaurant/ today
subject/ verb phrase / complement/ modifier of place/ modifier of time
6. Pat/ should have bought/ gasoline /yesterday
subject/ verb phrase/ complement/ modifier of time
7. Trees/ grow
subject/ verb phrase
8. It/ was raining /at seven o’clock this morning
subject/ verb phrase / modifier of time
9. She/ opened/ her book
subject/ verb phrase/ complement
10. Harry/ is washing / dishes /right now
subject/ verb phrase/ complement/ modifier of time
11. She / opened /her book
subject/ verb phrase/ complement
12. Paul, William, and Mary/ were watching / television/ a few minutes ago
subject/ verb phrase/ complement/ modifier of time
