Type of Sentence
The classroom is in the school building.
Declarative
Kersten spiked the ball into the net.
Simple subject: there is one person in this sentence, Kersten.
I love both ice cream and hot fudge.
Simple predicate. There is an 'and' in this sentence in the predicate, but there is only one verb: love.
Complete Subject: The orange, happy tiger bounced through the woods.
Complete Subject: The orange, happy tiger
Type of sentence: Will you be going to the game this weekend?
Interrogative
Go jump in the pool, please.
Imperative
Laura and Craig are siblings.
Compound subject: there are two people in this sentence, Laura and Craig.
The player both fumbled and dropped the pass on the fourth down.
Compound predicate. There are two verbs: fumbled, dropped.
Complete Predicate: The big, scaled alligator swam through the streets after the hurricane.
Complete Predicate: swam through the streets after the hurricane
Find the simple subject: Peter played the piccolo pretty perfectly.
Peter
I can't wait to see that movie!
Exclamatory
The witch of the Old Hollow Creek scared the daylights out of the kids.
Simple subject: there is one person, the witch.
The golfer and his caddie walked to the tee and chose the correct club for this hole.
Compound predicate. There are two verbs here: walked, chose. (BTW: it's also a compound subject: golfer, caddie).
Complete Subject: He asked me to avoid driving down that road because of the bad storm.
Complete Subject: He
Find the simple predicate: I will visit my favorite cousin next weekend.
will visit
Interrogative
Even though we parents weren't happy about it, the kids and the parents agreed that the kids would be able to stay out until midnight on the weekends if everyone's GPA was a 3.0.
Compound subject. Don't get confused by the phrase in the front (appositive) that you don't need. This is all about the kids/parents (subjects) staying out (verb).
The stylist decided to layer my hair in the back.
Simple predicate. There is one verb: decided.
Complete Subject: Alice the antelope and Felix the frog had a jumping contest.
Complete Subject: Alice the antelope and Felix the frog
Find the compound subject: The toad, the lizard, and the gorilla all had dinner together.
the toad, the lizard, and the gorilla
My mother shouted, "Stop doing that!" when I broke the window.
Declarative
In the middle of the night the boy crept into his sister's room and planned to pour melted jello all over her pillow.
Simple subject: there is one person creeping--the boy!
Even though the dog had already chewed through the couch, the family decided to keep the dog and to love the dog for the rest of his life.
Compound predicate. You can ignore the extra information before the comma (appositive). This sentence is all about the family LOVING and KEEPING the dog.
Complete Predicate: The sun, the moon, and the stars are in space, spinning around in circles, aimlessly floating around.
Complete Predicate: are in space, spinning around in circles, aimlessly floating around.
Find the compound predicate: The island is hot and sunny most of the time, but has many rainy days, too.
is hot and sunny most of the time, but has many rainy days, too