Fundamentals of Sentence Writing

What makes a complete sentence?

• capital letter, adjective, make sense, subject, end punctuation

• capital letter, subject, verb, end punctuation, makes sense

• capital letter, end punctuation, makes sense, adverb, adjective

• subject, capital letter, swimming pool, makes sense, end punctuaton

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is a subject?

• person, place, action, idea of the sentence

• word that shows the action of the subject of the sentence

• person, place, thing, quality, or idea that the sentence is about

• words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is a linking verb?

• a word that shows the action or state-of-being of th

• words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject

• words that help the main verb show the action in a sentence

• words that add information about the action of the subject of the sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

What is an action verb?

• the person , place, thing, quality, or idea that the sentence is about

• a word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that shows the action of the subject of the sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

most of these are group of words that show place or time (where or when the action takes place)

• infinitives

• adverbs

• prepositional phrases

• adjectives

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which sentence is a complete sentence?

• the children ate cookies.

• The children ate cookies

• the children ate cookies

• The children ate cookies.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which sentence is complete?

• Kevin drank the milk.

• kevin drank the milk.

• Kevin drank the milk

• kevin drank the milk

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Which sentence is a complete sentence?

• Our windows are dirty

• our windows are dirty

• Our windows are dirty.

• our windows are dirty.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which is a complete sentence?

• Sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries

• sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries

• sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries.

• Sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries,

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the subject of the sentence: Jill jumps rope.

• jumps

• rope

• Jill

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I