A good place to start is with a simple sentence: a subject + a predicate. The subject is usually a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea) or a pronoun (like he, she, it, they, we, etc. — we’ve all had a refresher on those lately!). The predicate tells us what the subject does or is. It always includes a verb (the action or state). So, a basic sentence is just someone or something (subject) doing or being something (predicate). Simple Sentence Example Patel noticed.           

AMS Symbol Key (for reference) Noun: large black triangle Pronoun: large purple isosceles triangle Article: small light-blue triangle Adjective: medium blue triangle Verb: large red circle Adverb: orange circle (smaller than verb) Preposition: green crescent Conjunction: pink rectangle Interjection: yellow keyhole Thank you, Teachers Pay Teachers , for this wonderful chart! To purchase your own, please click here .