What is a sentence?

• One word with no meaning.

• The lunch menu at your favorite restaurant.

• A group of words.

• A group of words that express a complete thought.

A sentence needs two things to be complete. A _________ and a _____________.

• adjective and verb

• author and narrator

• subject and predicate

• cats and dogs

A subject is the ...

• who or what the sentence is about

• what happens in a story

• what the subject is or does

• an opinion

A predicate is ...

• the name of an animal, place, thing or object

• what the subject is or does

• a word that modifies the verb

• usually not found

Is this a complete sentence?

Jennifer walked to the store.

• Yes

• No

Is this a complete sentence?

You are a great student.

• Yes

• No

Is this a complete sentence?

The balloon.

• Yes

• No

Sentences need to end with a punctuation mark.

What is the name for a full stop?

• period

• question mark

• exclamation mark

What is the name for this symbol?

!

• question mark

• period

• exclamation mark

What is the symbol used to identify the sentence as a question?

• ?

• .

• !