Review for You: Complete Sentences and Fragments

Mr. Griot introduces language arts by reviewing complete sentences and fragments. He explains the components of a complete sentence, including the subject and predicate, and provides examples. The video also covers sentence fragments, highlighting missing elements. Mr. Griot then reviews four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative, with examples for each. The session concludes with practice exercises to identify sentence types.

What is a complete sentence?

• A sentence missing a predicate.

• A sentence missing a subject.

• A group of words that expresses a complete thought.

• A sentence that ends with a question mark.

Which of the following is a sentence fragment?

• Presidential cars.

• The bus at the museum.

• The children saw the bus.

• Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.

What type of sentence is 'President Lincoln's chair is behind glass in the museum'?

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Declarative

Which sentence type asks a question?

• Exclamatory

• Imperative

• Interrogative

• Declarative

What punctuation mark typically ends an exclamatory sentence?

• Exclamation mark

• Comma

• Question mark

• Period

Which sentence type gives a command or request?

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Declarative

Identify the sentence type: 'Wow, this place is huge!'

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

• Interrogative

• Declarative