Sentence Types
What is a declarative sentence?
Makes a statement
Identify the subject and verb:
The Rocky Mountains are the largest mountain range in North America.
Rocky Mountains are
Identify the type of word group:
The andes are located along the eastern coast of South America they are five thousand mile long.
fused sentence
List the coordinating conjunctions
FANBOYS
can suffer
action
What is an interrogative sentence?
Asks a question
Identify the subject and verb:
There are well-known ski resorts and national parks in the region.
resorts, parks are
Identify the type of word group:
Many of the mountains in the Andes are active volcanoes.
sentence
Identify the conjunction:
From his base in the Philippines, MacArthur heard about the attack on the Pearl Harbor, yet failed to put his forces in the islands on sufficient alert.
yet
cause
action
Give me an example of an exclamatory sentence.
(Answers vary.)
Identify the subject and verb:
Ranges like the Rockies truly show the glory of God.
Ranges show
Identify the type of word group:
The word Andes comes from the word anti, this is the Quechuan word for copper.
comma splice
Identify the conjunction.
He was a brilliant soldier, but he was also a controversial leader.
but
is
state-of-being
Give me an example of an imperative sentence.
(Answer will vary)
Identify the subject and verb:
This range separates northern India from Tibet, China.
range separates
The Andes Mountains, the longest chain of mountains above sea level in the world.
fragment
Identify the conjunction:
With the outbreak of World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt and Army Chief of Staff George Marshal wanted MacArthur to be the American commander in the Pacific.
and
results
actions
In imperative sentence end with what punctuation?
Period or exclamation mark
Identify the subject and verb:
Tigers, leopards, rhinoceroses, elephants, and yaks live in the Himalayan Mountains.
ards, rhinoceroses, elephants, yaks live
The highest peak in the Andes is Aconcagua this mountain is around 23,000 feet tall.
fused sentence
Identify the conjunction.
Gradually, America took back the Pacific island by hopping or by attacking at certain weak spots.
or
sounds
state-of-being