Ten Identification of Tenses and it's Pattern

Verb

Sentence 1: People pictures fall into two categories: portraits and candid.

Subject: People pictures

Verb: fall

Prepositional Phrase: into two categories

Object: portraits and candid (this is the compound object)-

Sentence 2: Either can be made with or without your subject's awareness and cooperation.

Subject: Either

Verb: can be made

Prepositional Phrase: with or without your subject's awareness and cooperation

Sentence 3: You always need to keep in mind the elements of composition and the technique that will best help you communicate what you are trying to say.

Subject: You

Verb: need to keep

Object: the elements of composition and the technique

Clause: that will best help you communicate what you are trying to say (this is a dependent clause modifying "technique")

Sentence 4: The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects.

Subject: The most common mistake

Verb: is

Subject Complement: that they are not physically close enough to their subjects (this is a noun clause acting as a subject complement)

Sentence 5: It's up to you to break the ice and get them to cooperate.

Subject: It

Verb: is up

Prepositional Phrase: to you

Infinitive Phrase: to break the ice and get them to cooperate (this acts as a subject complement)

 

Nomina

Sentence 1: Seek balance between subject and environment.

Subject: (Implied "You")

Verb: Seek- Object: balance

Prepositional Phrase: between subject and environment

Sentence 2: Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close.

Subject: Viewers

Verb: can sense

Noun Clause: when a subject is small (this acts as the object of the verb)

Subject of the Clause: a subject

Verb of the Clause: is

Predicate Adjective: small

Noun Clause: because it was supposed to be (modifying the first clause)

Subject of the Clause: it

Verb of the Clause: was supposed

Noun Clause: when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close (another part of the object)- Subject of the Clause: it

Verb of the Clause: is

Predicate Adjective: small

Noun Clause: because the photographer was too shy to get close

Subject: the photographer

Verb: was

Predicate Adjective: too shy

Infinitive Phrase: to get close (acting as an adverb modifying "shy") 

Sentence 3: In some cases this means that the center of interest the subject is just a speck, too small to have any impact.

Prepositional Phrase: In some cases

Subject: this- Verb: means

Noun Clause: that the center of interest

the subject is just a speck

Subject of the Clause: the center of interest

Appositive: the subject (providing more information about the center of interest)

Verb of the Clause: is

Predicate Noun: just a speck

Adjective Phrase: too small to have any impact (modifying "speck")

Predicate Adjective: small

Infinitive Phrase: to have any impact

Sentence 4: The technique that will best help you communicate what you are trying to say.

Subject: The technique

Noun Clause: that will best help you communicate (modifying "technique")

Subject of the Clause: (implied "that")

Verb: will help

Object: you- Infinitive Phrase: to communicate what you are trying to say- Subject of the Infinitive Clause: you

Verb: are trying- Noun Clause: to say (acting as the object of "communicate")

Sentence 5: You don't want them to appear aware of the camera.

Subject: You

Verb: don't want

Object: them

Infinitive Phrase: to appear aware of the camera (acting as the object complement)

Verb: appear

Predicate Adjective: aware

Prepositional Phrase: of the camera