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Chapter What is a sentence?
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什么是句子？

In English, there are two main parts in a sentence: the subject (s) and the verb
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(v).
英文句子有两个主要成分：主语 (s) 和动词 (v)。

John works.
(s) (v)
They laugh.
(s) (v)

What is a subject?
什么是主语？

A subject is the person, animal or thing that does the action. The subject can be
a noun or a pronoun. Two or more nouns or pronouns can be used together to
form the subject.
主语是执行动作的人、动物或事物。主语可以是一个名词或代词。两个或
两个以上的名词或代词也可以结合在一起构成主语。

✤ Tom, teacher, pupil, maid, boss…
Person
✤ Jenny and her brother

✤ cat, dog, bull, fox, wolf…
Animal
✤ hens and chicks

✤ pen, classroom, bottle, school, flood,
Thing graduation...
✤ paper and ink

✤ I, you, we, they, he, she, it
Pronouns for subjects
✤ he and I
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