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noun phrase, as a subject of that sentence, then followed by ‘had been working’ , verb phrase as predicate, ‘very hard’ as an adverb of manner, and ‘all the morning’ as an
adverb of time. The simple sentence 2 is a little too different with sentence 1 for it has a
noun phrase as a subject the Rat, and verb phrase as a predicate looked, and the last is a noun phrase around him as an object. The simple sentence 3 has it as its
subject and an auxiliary verb, was, as its predicate, and water Rat as an object of that sentence. The next simple sentence has a subject and predicate with no object or
adverb. Its subject is it and predicate is doesn’t matter. This simple sentence is also called a simple sentence with intransitive verb, for it doesn’t require an object to
complete its meaning to be sentence. Finally the last simple sentence 5 has a subject the Rat, predicate shook,
object his head and an adverb with a smile. This simple sentence also called a simple sentence with transitive verb group, for it must have an object to complete its
meaning. It’s kind of weird if an object doesn’t exist.
3.2.1.2 The Simple Sentence which consists of two verbs and a subject
The simple sentences below belong to simple sentence which consists of two
verbs and a subject. The verbs or even the subjects may be a phrase or a noun.
Table 4.3: simple sentence contains two verbs compound verb and a subject.
No Simple Sentence Page
1. It all seemed too good to be true.
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2. The two animals stood and regarded each other cautiously.
14 3.
The Rat sculled smartly across and made fast. 14
4. I was just going to send a boat down the river for you.
28 5.
He could not help adding. 28
6. The Mole’s eyes were able to wander off the tablecloth a little.
19 7.
I come up this back water to try and get a moment’s space. 19
8. That’s just the sort of fellow he is.
19 9.
The two animals looked at each other and laughed. 19
10. Then he tired of that and took to punting. 20
11. He was going to spend the rest of his life in houseboat. 20
12. It’s never the wrong time to call on to Toad. 27
13. I want to show you the world. 30
14. I’m going to make an animal of you, my boy. 30
15. We don’t need to decide anything in hurry. 31
16. I only want to give pleasure to you fellows. 31
17. Then he went to look at the cart, on its side in the ditch. 35
18. The Mole had long wanted to make the acquaintance of the Badger. 39
19. There was nothing to alarm him at first entry. 42
20. It seemed to be the first one, then other, then both. 44
21. You should not really have gone and done it. 46
22. I did my best to keep you from it. 46
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23. The Mole began to feel very friendly towards him. 56
24. There was nothing else to be done. 61
25. It takes all sorts to make world. 64
26. They found themselves standing on the very edge of the Wild Wood. 66
27. Then a change began slowly to declare itself. 101
28. He looked and understood the silence. 108
29. Then Toad sat and pondered long and deeply. 151
30. Toad was not inclined to give in all at once. 166
There are 30 simple sentences with a subject and two verbs compound verbs that have been found by the writer from the novel. However, there are some five
sentences are chosen as samples to be described, since they have elements that build them up to be a simple sentence.
1 The two animals stood and regarded each other cautiously.
2 The Rat sculled smartly across and made fast.
3 I was just going to send a boat down the river for you.
4 He could not help adding.
5 The two animals looked at each other and laughed.
Those simple sentences are simple sentence which consist a subject and two verbs
. The simple sentence 1 has a subject, the two animals, and two verbs, stood and regarded, and an adverb of manner, cautiously. The simple sentence 2 has a
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noun phrase as a subject, and two verbs phrase, sculled smartly and made fast. Simple sentence 3 is a sentence that contains a subject, two verbs, one is a verb phrase and
another on is infinitive phrase, they are; was just going and to send, followed by a compound object, a boat down the river for you. Next simple sentence consists of a
pronoun as a subject, two verbs but has different kind of verbs. One is a verb phrase could not help; another one is gerund as a verb adding.
The simple sentence 5 has two predicates in the sentence. However, it doesn’t mean that it has two clauses or contains two independent clauses but it has
one clause even thought it has two predicates. This simple sentence called simple sentence which contains two predicates. It’s started from subject noun phrase, the two
animals, and followed by the two verbs namely, looked at and laughed. 1
The Mole looked down. 2
The Rat turned from him in despair. 3
Toad went up to town by an early train this morning. 4
Then the pattering began. 5
At last he spoke.
Those simple sentences are the simple sentence which consists of intransitive verb
group that verb does not require any object as a complement in the verb phrase. The first simple sentence has two elements that build it as a simple sentence. The first
part is subject, the noun phrase, as a subject that is The Mole. The next part is a predicate. It’s a verb phrase as its predicate, look down. Look down is often called
phrasal verb.
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The simple sentence 2 shows us that the simple sentence has four elements that build it. The first one is a subject the Mole. It’s a noun phrase. Then it’s followed
by a predicate, turned from him. It also has an adverb that is in despair. The next simple sentence has six parts that build it. Begin from Toad as a subject, went up as a
predicate, also often called phrasal verb. The word, to town, is an adverb of place. And by an early train is an object. And it’s ended with an adverb of time.
The simple sentence 4 is simple sentence which has three elements that build it to be a simple sentence. It’s begun from an adverb then. Followed by a
subject the pattering, it’s a noun phrase. The last simple sentence is the simple sentence which has subject, predicate and an adverb. But this sentence is begun from
an adverb that is at last, then it’s followed by subject he, and ended by a predicate, spoke.
Simple sentence has many kinds. The examples that have been described above are several of them. We can describe them from elements that build them
become a simple sentence. However, simple sentence normally only has a subject and a predicate. It also means that it has one independent clause. Although it has two
verbs that build the sentence up, it will be a simple sentence if it has one independent clause.
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3.2.1.3. The Simple Sentence which consists of direct speech.
