Sentence Basics

Sentence Basics

By Rosa Jundt

Kinds of Sentences​

• asks a question

• ends with a question mark​

Interrogative

• Makes a statement.

• Ends with a period​

Declarative

Kinds of Sentences​

• makes a command or request

• ends in a period​

Imperative

• ​expresses strong emotion

• ends in an exclamation point​

Exclamatory

Multiple Choice

Knock it off or you will get a detention.

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

That was an amazing roller coaster ride!

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

What was the name of that restaurant you like to go to on birthdays?

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

Bear, Boomer, Butters, Charlie, and Ziggy are the names of all the critters at my zoo.

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

tells what the subject does or has; can also tell what the subject is or what it is like​

Predicate

names who or what the subject is about

Subject

Subjects and Predicates

Multiple Choice

Name the simple subject in the following sentence: Sarah found twenty dollars.

• Sarah

• found

• twenty

• dollars

Multiple Choice

Name the simple predicate in the following sentence: Sarah found twenty dollars.

• Sarah

• found

• twenty

• dollars

Sentence Fragment

a group of words that lacks a subject, a predicate, or both

does not express a complete thought​

Subject | Subject

Multiple Choice

Is the following a fragment or a sentence?

At the bookstore.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following a fragment or a sentence?

Henry VIII had six wives.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following a fragment or a sentence?

When I find that no-good, dirty-rotten scoundrel.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following a fragment or a sentence?

If you go to the movies, remember to buy popcorn.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Multiple Choice

Is the following a fragment or a sentence?

If you give a mouse a cookie.

• Sentence

• Fragment

Complete Subject

Includes ALL of the words in the subject part of the sentence.

Complete Predicate

Includes ALL of the words in the predicate part of the sentence.

Simple Predicate

• main word or group of words in the complete predicate

• will be a verb including all helping verbs

Simple Subject

• main word or group of words in the complete subject

• will be a noun or pronoun​

Multiple Choice

What is the complete subject of this sentence?

On Friday, you will not get to play because your grades are bad.

• On Friday, you

• you will not

• because your grades are bad

• will not get

Multiple Choice

What is the complete predicate of this sentence?

On Friday, you will not get to play because your grades are bad.

• On Friday, you

• will not get to play

• because your grades are bad

• will not get to play because your grades are bad.

Multiple Choice

What is the simple predicate of this sentence?

On Friday, you will not get to play because your grades are bad.

• you

• get

• will get

• will

Multiple Choice

What is the simple subject of this sentence?

On Friday, you will not get to play because your grades are bad.

• you

• Friday

• grades

• play

Compound Subjects and Predicates

compound subjects - two or more subjects share the same predicate (verb); more than one person or thing is doing the same action

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compound predicates - two or more predicates (verb) share the same subject; the subject is doing more than one action​

Multiple Choice

Do the following sentences have a compound subject, predicate, or both?

Alice and George went to the mall after school.

• subject

• predicate

• both

Multiple Choice

Do the following sentences have a compound subject, predicate, or both?

The bookcase tipped over and scattered books all over the floor.

• subject

• predicate

• both

Multiple Choice

Do the following sentences have a compound subject, predicate, or both?

Suzie and Jill slid down the hill and fell off the cliff.

• subject

• predicate

• both

Compound Sentences

contains two or more simple sentences joined together by a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) or a semicolon

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I went to the store, and I bought a new puppy. ​

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She wasn't sure she could go to the party; she went anyway.​

Run-On Sentences

two or more sentences joined together incorrectly

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I went to the store I bought a new puppy. ​

Multiple Choice

Is this a compound sentence, simple sentence, or run-on sentence?

She used lotion from Bath and Body Works it smelled amazing.

• compound

• simple

• run-on

Multiple Choice

Is this a compound sentence, simple sentence, or run-on sentence?

The dog sniffed the biscuit; he took a big bite.

• compound

• simple

• run-on

Multiple Choice

Is this a compound sentence, simple sentence, or run-on sentence?

Please go start the car and get ready to go.

• compound

• simple

• run-on

Multiple Choice

Is this a compound sentence, simple sentence, or run-on sentence?

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, and Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• compound

• simple

• run-on