Sentence Grammar

A clause cannot be made up only by a verb phrase. It always needs a noun phrase + a verb phrase.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

SIMPLE SENTENCE contains only one clause.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

MULTIPLE SENTENCE contains more than one clause.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A sentence can be negative even though if it does not contain an auxiliary verb + not.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

In ACTIVE sentences, the subject is the doer of an action.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1B

CCSS.L.8.1D

CCSS.L.8.3A

The Notional Definition says that a sentence is a string of words that begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a sentence?

• A group of words that has a subject and a predicate

• A group of words

• A group of words that has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete idea

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

We flew to Florida. 

• Clause

• Phrase

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What is a clause?

• A group of words that has a subject and a predicate

• A group of words

• A group of words that has a subject and a predicate and expresses a complete idea

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

I am sick.

• Phrase

• Clause

• Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F