Simple Sentence(s)/Independent Sentence(s)

What are the components of a simple sentence?

• It has a subject, verb, and makes sense by itself.

• Begins with a capital letter, has a subject, has a verb, and makes sense by itself.

• Begins with a capital letter, has a subject, has a verb, makes sense, and contains end punctuation.

• Begins with a subject, verb, and contains end punctuation.

A simple sentence is otherwise known as a...

• Compound sentence

• Independent sentence

• Complex sentence

• Dependent clause

Is the following a simple sentence?

The yellow banana.

• Nope!

• Maybe.

• What is a simple sentence again?

• Yes!

What does the following sentence need in order to make it a simple sentence?

Justin quickly ran towards

• a period

• an adjective that describes Justin

• you need to get rid of the word "quickly"

• further information to make the sentence make sense

Which of the following is a simple sentence?

• Michael and Judy walked to the park.

• Kevin ate spaghetti, and Marvin ate pizza.

• Since Amanda didn't complete her assignments, she failed her classes.

• Joseph likes

A simple sentence can have...

• a compound subject and/or verb

• just one subject and no verb

• more than one independent sentence

• a fragment

What is the subject of this simple sentence?

Hailey eats two apples a day.

• apples

• two

• day

• Hailey

What is the verb of this simple sentence?

Tyler is terribly angry with the results of his progress report.

• angry

• terribly

• results

• is

What is the subject of the following sentence?

The students sharpened all of the pencils.

• pencils

• sharpened

• students

• eager

What is the verb of the following sentence?

The students sharpened all of the pencils.

• students

• pencils

• all

• sharpened