Basic Sentence Structure, Types, and End Marks

Every sentence must...

• begin with a capital letter

• end with the correct punctuation mark

• have both a subject noun or pronoun and a predicate verb (action or linking)

• include all of these elements - a capital letter, an end mark, and a subject/predicate

Answer explanation

Sentences must include all of these elements: a capital letter, an end mark, and a subject/predicate.

The purpose of a command (also called an IMPERATIVE) is to...

• to ask

• order

• exclaim (show strong feeling)

• to tell

Answer explanation

A command orders someone to do something.

The purpose of a statement (also called a DECLARATIVE) is to....

• tell

• order

• ask

• show strong feeling

Answer explanation

Statements tell the reader something.

Which type of sentence asks?

• a command (imperative)

• a question (interrogative)

• an exclamation (exclamatory)

• a statement (declarative)

Answer explanation

A question asks something.

Which type of sentence ALWAYS expresses strong feeling?

• a command (imperative)

• an exclamation (exclamatory)

• a question (interrogative)

• a statement (declarative)

Answer explanation

An exclamation always ends with an exclamation point to signal to a reader that this sentence should be read with strong feeling.

Which statement below is TRUE?

• A sentence is a group of words that express a complete thought.

• A sentence is the same thing as a paragraph.

• A sentence must have a subject, but does not have to have a predicate.

• A sentence must have a predicate, but does not have to have a subject.

Answer explanation

A sentence is made up of words, and those words must express a complete thought (an idea that makes sense) when they are put together. In order for this to happen, there has to be BOTH a who/what (subject) AND a did/is what (predicate). A sentence is NOT a paragraph....several sentences grouped together create a paragraph.

Which word in the sentence is the SUBJECT noun or pronoun: The team won the game.

• The

• team

• won

• game

Answer explanation

The sentence is about the TEAM. The TEAM is what won. That is why TEAM is the subject.

Which word in the sentence is the PREDICATE verb: Today, Noah won a prize!

• Today

• Noah

• won

• prize

Answer explanation

The predicate verb tells what the subject did, does, or will do. In this sentence Noah (the subject) WON (past tense verb). The word "prize" names the thing he won (so it's a noun).

Which word in the sentence is the SUBJECT noun or pronoun: On Saturday, I drove to the beach.

• Saturday

• I

• drove

• beach

Answer explanation

The predicate verb is drove. The subject noun tells who/what drove.....in this sentence "I" drove, so "I" is the subject pronoun.

Which word in the sentence is the PREDICATE VERB: Mackenzie and Delylah both baked cookies for us.

• Mackenzie

• both

• baked

• us

Answer explanation

The subject nouns in this sentence are Mackenzie and Delylah. The predicate verb (which in this sentence tells what they did) is baked (past tense verb.)