Sentence or Fragment
Kind of Sentence
Subjects and Predicates
Simple Subjects
Simple Predicates
100
John Philip Sousa was a famous bandleader
What is a sentence?
100
Do you know who invented the telegraph
What is an interrogative sentence?
100
Nautical miles are longer than land miles. (complete subject)
What is nautical miles?
100
Beautiful plants grow in the Everglades.
What is plants?
100
They have destroyed some buildings.
What is have destroyed?
200
From 1854 to 1932
What is a sentence fragment?
200
Read about it hear
What is an imperative sentence?
200
We call the speed of one nautical mile per hour a knot. (complete predicate)
What is call the speed of one nautical mile per hour a knot?
200
The birds flee from the alligators.
What is birds?
200
Most of the insects are workers or soldiers.
What is are?
300
Back from the state band competition
What is a sentence fragment?
300
Samuel Morse invented Morse code
What is a declarative sentence?
300
Modern ships and some planes report their speed in knots. (complete subject)
What is modern ships and some planes?
300
Some plants provide shelter for the fish.
What is plants?
300
The insects' bodies can turn wood into food.
What is can turn?
400
Get ready to march
What is a sentence?
400
How exciting it is
What is an exclamatory sentence?
400
Modern systems of measurement are more exact. (complete subject)
What is modern systems of measurement?
400
The fish in the Everglades are interesting.
What is fish?
400
Hundreds or even thousands of these insects live together in colonies.
What is live?
500
Visited many places around the world
What is a sentence fragment?
500
Telegrams were popular before we had telephones
What is a declarative sentence?
500
The system failed because of this. (complete predicate)
What is failed because of this?
500
The large, fierce alligators do not fear the birds.
What is alligators?
500
Many other tiny creatures interest humans.
What is interest?
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