Two-part sentences are simple sentences that are based on both the subject and the predicate. As a rule, both main members are consistent among themselves in gender, number and face, for example: A young man laughed. - the girl laughed. - the children laughed.
If simple two-part sentences have only the main members, then they are uncommon: the
sun has set. And if other
members of the sentence are included in them
, supplementing and revealing the meaning of what was said, then they are common: The
shining sun was setting over the horizon.Two-part sentences. Subject
The subject is one of the main members of a sentence, which is expressed, as a rule, by a noun, a pronoun or any part of speech used in the meaning of a noun. Acting as the subject, they are in the nominative case and are connected grammatically and in meaning with the predicate: 1) Cloud floated in the sky. 2) We had fun from the heart. 3) Adults were sitting at the table. 4) The audience was listening to the report.
Two-part sentences in the role of the subject may also have an undefined verb or a numeral. In this case, these parts of speech do not acquire the meaning of a noun, but turn into the main term of the sentence, because they answer the question " what?" and the predicate relates to them: I wanted to drive the ball until the evening. (What did you want? - Drive (ball)). Asking about this is very simple. (What is simple? - Ask). Note that if you change the order of words in these sentences, they will turn into impersonal.
Predicate
In addition to the subject, the two-part sentence has another main member - the predicate, denoting the action or the state in which the person or object indicated by the subject is. The main role in the predicative connection between the subject and the predicate belongs to the predicate. It is necessary to clarify that this connection is based on the form of words, their order, intonation connection and the presence of official words: I will tell the whole truth. There are people who think differently. ( The form of words ).
Distinguish between simple and compound predicates. Please note that the forms of the future tense: I will sing, I will read , etc. - are considered a simple predicate, in contrast to the compound, in which there is a verb-connective " was" and a semantic word: He was cheerful .
The predicative connection with the help of intonation is especially pronounced when the predicate is a noun or a complete adjective: Paris is the capital of fashion. Spring is sunny, early . In scientific speech, at the place of this intonation pause, the word is often used: hydrogen is gas .
Two-part sentences. Examples of dashes between subject and predicate
As a missing link between the subject and the predicate, the pronounced nouns in the nominative case, a dash is put: the Moon is the satellite of the Earth. Hyacinth is a beautiful flower .
If the predicate has a negative particle “ not,” then the dash is not set: Laughter is not a sin.
Also, a dash is put in sentences with the subject and predicate in the indefinite form of the verb : Fly - soar above the clouds . Before the words : “this,” “here,” “this means,” etc., facing the predicate, a dash is also necessary: To start work now is not to finish it before night.