Sentences

Sentences-
Definitions and Practice

Subject

the person(s) or thing(s) that is performing the action.

Examples:
Joe ran 6 miles this morning.

Taylor and Katie like Starbucks, puppies, and reading.

Verb

a word that indicates a physical action (“drive”), a mental action (“think”), or a state of being (“is”)

Examples:
Joe ran 6 miles this morning.

Taylor and Katie like Starbucks, puppies, and reading.

Fill in the Blanks

What is the subject in the sentence?

Water is my favorite drink.

Multiple Choice

What is the verb in this sentence?

I think there are too many kids in this class.

• I

• think

• many

• in

Independent Clause

a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought.

Examples:
Jim studied in the library for his chemistry quiz.

Dependent Clause

a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought

Examples:
When Jim studied in the library for his chemistry quiz . . .


Uh what? What happened when he studied? The thought is incomplete.

Multiple Choice

Identify the independent clause in the following sentence:

Before she got a haircut last week, her hair flowed halfway down her back.

• Before she got a haircut last week,

• her hair flowed halfway down her back.

Multiple Choice

Identify the dependent clause in this sentence:

When Laura looked under the microscope, she could see the cell's structure in great detail.

• When Laura looked under the microscope,

• she could see the cell's structure in great detail.

simple sentence

Needs a subject and a verb that shows one complete thought that uses a capital letter at the begininng and a punctuation mark at the end.

Examples:
They studied really hard for the test.

compound sentence

Contains two related independent clauses (complete thoughts) that are connected with a comma then a conjuction (FANBOYS) or semicolon (;)

Examples:

She finished reading her favorite book, and she created her book report.

ELA teachers love to read; they talk about books a lot.

complex sentence

Contains at least one Independent clause (complete thought) and a dependent clause

Examples:
Although she completed her book report, she still needed to work on her collage.

I will go to the park once it stops raining.

Multiple Choice

Many brave soldiers fought in the war, and they received medals.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Multiple Choice

Before the queen rode in the parade, she gave a speech.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to combine the following two simple sentences into a compound sentence?

Wishbone wanted to take a nap. He was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, he was too busy reading.

• Since Wishbone wanted to take a nap, he was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, but he was too busy reading.

• Wishbone wanted to take a nap, since he was too busy reading.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to combine the following two simple sentences into a COMPLEX sentence?

My coffee was too cold. I heated it in the microwave.

• My coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

• I heated it in the microwave, my coffee was too cold.

• My coffee was too cold, so I heated it in the microwave.

• Because my coffee was too cold, I heated it in the microwave.

Multiple Choice

Does he play tennis?

• Simple Sentence

• Not a simple sentence

• Not a sentence

• Only a phrase