Sentences Sentences Sentences express complete thoughts. Each sentence contains a subject and a predicate, expressed or implied. In English, six basic structures form sentences.
Subjects are generally noun or pronoun phrases.
The predicate makes a statement, asks a question, gives a command, or expresses a state of being. A simple subject is a noun or pronoun. A complete subject is the simple subject and any modifiers of the simple subject. Most subject modifiers are adjectives. A simple predicate is the predicate verb, being verb, or verb phrase associated with the sentence's subject.