A sentence is a set of words that conveys a complete thought: an assertion, a question, a command or an exclamation. Sentences have a subject and a predicate, and they contain an independent clause (main clause) with a dependent clause attached to it.
The word order of the independent clause may vary: the standard is SVO, but there are other variations as well. In some cases, you can use gerund forms instead of verbs, and in others you can combine subjects with other types of phrases or nouns. You can also find more examples and practice with Albert’s free Grammar course on Simple Sentences.
When a sentence has a subject and a verb, the subject is usually a noun phrase or pronoun, but other kinds of phrases work as well. The subject is the part of the sentence that agrees with the verb. If there is a coordinating conjunction in the sentence, the subject and the coordinating conjunction are both agreement. The coordinating conjunctions in the sentences below are “and” and “or”.
The dependent clause is the rest of the sentence that makes sense on its own. The italicized words are the subjects and the other words are the predicates. For example: She and Ashok both have rings and live in Dubai.