Sometimes the predicate of a sentence will contain an object.   Sentence objects are of two kinds: direct and indirect. A direct object receives the

A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a predicate. Clauses are of two kinds: independent and dependent. Independent clauses are

A sentence is a group of words containing a finite verb. A phrase is a group of words that does not contain a finite verb. A

All sentences contain at least one subject and one predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject. Note: In the following examples, the