PREFACE

First at all, give thanks for Gods love and grace for us. Thanks to God
for helping us and give us chance to finish this assignment timely. And I
would like to say thank you to Mrs. Prima Purbasari, M.Hum, as the lecturer
that always teaches us and give much knowledge about how to practice
English well.
This assignment is the one of English task and we realized this
assignment is not perfect. But we hope it can be useful for us. Critics and
suggestion is needed here to make this assignment be better.
Hopefully we as a student in Department of Biology UIN Malang can
work more professionally by using English as the second language whatever
we done. Thank you.

Malang, 24 March 2015

Creator

TABLE OF CONTENT

PREFACE................................................................................................1
TABLE OF CONTENT................................................................................2

UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................3
1.1The Background................................................................................................. 3
1.2The Purpose....................................................................................................... 3
UNIT II EXPLANATION...............................................................................4
2.1 Definition of simple sentence............................................................................4
2.2

Important

terms.....

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2.3 Example of Simple sentence.............................................................................6
UNIT III CLOSING..................................................................................................... 8
3.1Conclusion.......................................................................................................... 8
3.2Suggestion......................................................................................................... 8
REFERNCES.............................................................................................................. 9

UNIT I
INTRODUCTION
1.1

The Background

1.2 The Purpose

1. To understand the definition of simple sentence.
2. To understand the Important terms and example of simple sentence.

UNIT II
EXPLANATION

2.1 Definition of simple sentence

English sentences could be categorized as follows: simple sentences, compound
sentences, compound complex sentences (mixed sentences).
A sentence which has one subject and one predicate is called simple sentence. A simple
sentence is always an independent clause. A simple sentence expresses a complete thought. A
simple sentence is often mistakenly defined according to its length, just as the term sentence
itself can can be mistakenly defined according to the completeness of the thought it conveys.
Simple sentences are thus believed to be short an uncomplicated, along the lines of The dog ate
its dinner, or she slept until noon.
A simple sentence, no matter how long, no matter how intellectually dense, has only one
dependent clause. While the sentence above illustrates the problem with defining a simple
sentence in terms of the thought contained within it, the sentence below illustrates the problem
with defining a simple sentence in terms of its length.
Simple sentences can have compound subjects and compound verbs, which make the
sentences appear to be more than simple. The following sentence, for instance, has a compound
subject.
2.2 Important Terms and Example of Simple sentence
To understand these forms, you must know the following important terms:
a. Subject
The part which names the person or thing we are speaking about is called subject. Subject
may also have an attribute
Exemple:
My colleague bought fifty books from online book stores
In this sentences, colleague is a subject, while my is an attribute
b. Predicate
The part which tells something about the subject is called predicate. Predicate my have
verb direct object, indirect object, complement, etc.
Exemple:
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My colleague bought fifty books from online book stores

In this sentences, bought fifty books from online book stores is a predicate
Example subject and predicate:
We attended the class
[subject we, predicate attended the class]
They are busy.
[subject they, predicate are busy]
She is innocent.
[subject she, predicate is innocent]
He finished his graduation.
[subject he, predicate finished his graduation]
c.Verb
A word or group of words that expressed an action, event, or state is called verb
Exemple:
My colleague bought fifty books from online book stores
In this sentences, bought is a verb
d. Independent or principal clause (main clause)
Independent clause has a subject and predicate. It can stand on this own. So, it is a
complete sentence in it self
Exemple:
We hired taxi fot the stadium
This sentence has a subject has a subject we. And a predicate hired taxi for the stadium
This sentence can stand on its own it is a simple sentences
e. Compound subject in a simple sentence [two subject, one verb]
Example:
David and Hary won the competition.
[subject David and Hary. Verb won]
[note there are two subjects in this sentence.(so, this is called compound subject)]
f. Compound verb in a simple sentence [one subject, two verbs]
Example:
He wrote and sang a song.
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[subject he, verb wrote and sang]

[note there are two verbs in this simple sentence. (so, this is called compound verb)]
g. Compound subject and compound verb in a simple sentence
[two subjects, two verbs]
Example:
Clark and Tom jogged and swam.
[subject Clark and Tom, verb jogged and swam]
[note there are both compound subject and compound verb in this simple sentence.]

UNIT III
CLOSING
1.1
1.2

Conclusion
Suggestion
The suggestion to the next paper of simple sentence maker is you

should looked for more references to complete this paper. It can make the
paper more perfect.

REFERENCES
Anderson, Mark. 1997. Text Types in English. Australia: Macmillan Education.
Carter, Ronald and Michael McCarthy. 2006. Cambridge Grammar of English.
Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press
Gorlach, Manfred. 2004. Text Types and the History of English. Berlin: Congress
Cataloging in Publication Data
Warner, Margaret. 2009. Easy Text Type. Australia: Ready-Ed Publication
Willett, Rebekah. 2011. Play, Creativity, and Digital Cultures. UK: Routledge