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.

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