EF5/6 Subjects and predicates

a. imperative
no subject, implied subject
You come in.
Come in.

b. You are happy.
Are you happy?

c. here/there - not subject
Here are your keys.
Here is/are the school where all of us study English.
You have to know what your main subject is.

d. infinitives/ gerunds

infinitive "to eat"
gerund "eating" noun
Eating too much sugar is not good for you.
Snowboarding is a great sport in the wintertime.

To eat too much sugar is not good for you.
To snowboard is a great sport in the wintertime.
VERY STRANGE SOUNDING

Gerunds look like verbs, but they are nouns.
We were driving in the car. driving - verb
Driving is relaxing to me. driving - noun, gerund

Use gerunds, not infinitives, as subjects.

e. prepositional phrase
prepositions show place, direction
in
on
to
for
at
by
under
over
beside
between
KME p343

The Siamese cat with bright blue eyes and white and chocolate fur is beautiful.
Commas are very personal.

The cat with blue eyes is beautiful.
The eyes of the cat are blue.

f. SS V
S VV

Exercise 6
8. To achieve success work hard.
To achieve success, work hard.
Work hard to achieve success. CLEAR