Kinds of Sentences
Subjects & Predicates
Direct Objects
Prepositional Phrases
Other
100
a sentence that tells something
What is a statement?
100
the simple subject is this sentence: This famous ruler formed a huge army of warriors.
What is ruler?
100
the direct object of this sentence: People have lost their homes.
What is homes?
100
the preposition in this sentence: Sir Isaac Newton is famous throughout the world.
What is throughout?
100
Sentence or Fragment? Wanted to help people.
What is a fragment?
200
a sentence that gives an order?
What is a command?
200
the simple predicate of this sentence: The U.S. Army troops traveled toward Canada and safety.
What is traveled?
200
the direct object of this sentence: They want basic rights
What is rights?
200
the preposition in this sentence: One story says that he sat in his orchard.
What is in?
200
Sentence or Run-on? The first successful parachute jump was made in 1783 that was 264 years after Leonardo da Vinci's death.
What is a run-on?
300
a sentence that asks something
What is a question?
300
the complete subject of this sentence: The powerful Mongolian leader wanted to conquer China.
What is "the powerful Mongolian Leader"?
300
the direct object of this sentence: Many people admire Rigoberta Menchú.
What is Rigoberta Menchú.
300
the preposition in this sentence: An apple fell from a tree.
What is from?
300
Run-on or Comma Splice? He designed a flying machine, he also designed a movable bridge.
What is a comma splice?
400
a sentence that shows strong feelings?
What is an exclamation?
400
the complete predicate of this sentence: The government order moved the Nez Perce reservation to Idaho.
What is moved the Nez Perce reservation to Idaho?
400
the direct object of this sentence: She wanted peace in Guatemala.
What is peace?
400
the preposition in this sentence: Newton's friends suggested he write a book about his discoveries.
What is about?
400
Compound Sentence or Comma Splice? His audience couldn't hear jokes, but they would laugh at Chaplin's silly actions.
What is a compound sentence?
500
The punctuation for each type of sentence
What is: statement-period command-period question-question mark exclamation-exclamation point
500
the simple subject and simple predicate of this sentence: Chief Joseph's warriors fought the government troops.
What is: ss-warriors sp-fought
500
The noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question "What?" or "Whom?".
What is a direct object?
500
Tells how, when, what, how much, or where about something in a sentence.
What is a prepositional phrase?
500
What's missing from this fragment? Stories about Mother Teresa in many newspapers.
What is a verb?
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