Exploring Sentence Types and Structures

What is a sentence?

• A group of words that gives a complete thought and contains a subject and a verb.

• A phrase that contains only a verb.

• A single word that expresses a complete thought.

• A group of words that does not need a subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which of the following is an example of a physical action verb?

• Dance

• Think

• Consider

• Guess

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.K.1B

What type of sentence is 'Where are your goldfish?'

• Declarative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which sentence type expresses emotion?

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Declarative

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is an implied subject in an imperative sentence?

• It

• You

• We

• They

Tags

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is a compound sentence?

• A sentence with at least two dependent clauses.

• A sentence with at least two independent clauses.

• A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

• A sentence with one independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1I

Which word is a coordinate conjunction?

• If

• Although

• And

• Because

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.1.1G

What is a dependent clause?

• A clause that contains only a verb.

• A clause that does not give a complete thought.

• A clause that can stand alone as a sentence.

• A clause that contains only a subject.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is a run-on error?

• A sentence that ends with an exclamation mark.

• A sentence that ends with a comma and continues with another sentence.

• A sentence that ends with a question mark.

• A sentence that ends with a period.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Which punctuation mark is NOT used to end a sentence?

• Exclamation mark

• Question mark

• Comma

• Period

Tags

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.K.2B