Sentences
Difference between sentence and sentence fragment
What is
A sentence expresses a complete thought
A sentence fragment does NOT express a complete thought
Usually, a simple subject
Usually, a simple predicate
Noun
Verb
Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. What is the simple subject?
The parade has started late?
parade
what is the complete subject and the complete predicate?
A helicopter flies over the city.
Complete sub- A helicopter
Complete pred- flies over the city.
What is a compound sentence?
two simple sentences joined together by a comma, and a conjunction.
What happened in the movie?
It was about the adventures of a brave knight.
Interrogative
Declarative
The whom or what of a sentence
All of the words in the subject
Subject
Complete subject
What the subject has or does
All the words in the predicate
Predicate
Complete predicate
What is a conjunction
a connecting word
What is a run-on sentence?
two sentences incorrectly joined together in a sentence.
Tricia, your hair is on fire!
Listen to what the knight did.
Exclamatory
Imperative
The main word in the complete subject (noun)
Two or more simple subjects and have the same predicate (joined by and, or, or nor)
Simple subject
Compound subject
The main word in the predicate (a verb)
Two or more simple predicates and have the same subject (joined by and, or, or nor)
simple predicate
compound predicate
What are the 3 conjunctions and their definitions.
And- joins together
But- shows contrast
Or- Shows choice
rewrite the sentence using the conjunction
A river crossed a high plain.
A river formed the Grand Canyon.
(joins together)
The river crossed a high plain and formed the Grand Canyon.
A tornado hit the barn.
How still.
Sentence
Fragment
Subject of an imperative sentence
YOU
What is the subject?
Don't forget your money
YOU
Choose the conjunction in parentheses that best fits each sentence.
Sue (and, but) I were lost.
and
rewrite the sentence as one compound sentence, using the conjunction.
The book sold well.
The movie is very popular
(joins together)
The book sold well and the movie is very popular.
Types of sentences
What is
Declarative- statement
Imperative- command
Interrogative- question
Exclamatory- excitment
Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. What is the simple subject?
The parade has started late.
parade
Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. What is the simple predicate?
The musicians play a lively tune.
Play
Tell me whether the sentence has a compound subject or a compound predicate.
Trees and grass hold soil in place.
The wind lifts and blows away the topsoil.
Compound subject
compound predicate
correct the run-on sentence using the correct conjunction
Japan has very little farm land some farmers carve out flat areas on hillsides.
Japan has very little farm land, but some farmers cave out flat areas on hillsides.