PHRASES and SENTENCES
The difference between a phrase and a sentence
What is...A PHRASE has an incomplete thought while a SENTENCE has a complete thought.
The two most basic parts of a sentence are...
What are...subject and predicate?
The subject is the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence. The subject represents what or whom the sentence is about.
The simple predicate contains the verb and can also contain modifying words, phrases, or clauses.
•Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, and Exclamatory are examples of what?
What are...the 4 types of sentences?
A word that means "with or together" and basically "joined"
What is...CONJUNCTION?
In writing, the two things that a sentence must have.
What is... a capital letter and a punctuation mark?
The complete subject in this sentence is...
"My extremely hungry puppies just ate two bowls of their dog food."
What is..."My extremely hungry puppies"?
One difference between a DECLARATIVE sentence and an INTERROGATIVE sentence.
What is...
•A declarative sentence answers a question while an interrogative sentence asks the question.
•A declarative sentence uses a period while an interrogative sentence uses a question mark.
And, but, for, nor, or, so, and yet
What are...examples of COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS?
"Joe's big red bike" is a...
PHRASE or SENTENCE
What is...a phrase?
"I really need to go to work, but I'm too tired to drive."
Is a __________ sentence:
Simple Compound Complex Compound-Complex
What is...a COMPOUND sentence?
Simple: consists of just one independent clause
Compound: one that has at least two independent clauses joined by a comma, semicolon or conjunction
Complex: one that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
Compound-Complex: has two or more independent clause (s) and at least one dependent clause
An IMPERATIVE sentence is...
•Can you pass the burger?
•Please pass the burger.
•She passed the burger.
Pass the burger!
What is...Pass the burger!
Best describes a CONJUNCTION...
•A conjunction joins sentences together.
•A conjunction is a word that can connect.
•A conjunction can create a new sentence.
•A conjunction joins words, groups of words, or entire sentences together.
What is..."A conjunction joins words, groups of words, or entire sentences together."
True or false:
"Leave now!" is an example of a complete sentence.
What is...TRUE"
It's an IMPERATIVE sentence (i.e. a sentence that gives an order or command)
The person or thing doing the action or being described in the sentence.
What is...a SUBJECT?
The most simple sentence containing only one word.
What is...an IMPARATIVE?
Stop! Wait! Look!
True or false:
A COORDINATING CONJUNCTION can join both INDEPENDENT Clauses and DEPENDENT clauses.
What is...TRUE?
A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two elements of equal grammatical rank and syntactic importance. They can join two verbs, two nouns, two adjectives, two phrases, or two independent clauses.
One is a properly written sentence.
•Sister Loves the tv series "Blacklist".
•My Sister loves the TV SERIES "blacklist".
•The sister of mine loves The tv series "Blacklist".
•My sister loves the tv series "Blacklist".
What is..."My sister loves the tv series "Blacklist"."
Every sentence MUST have one of these or it is not a sentence.
What is... a VERB?
Give an example of each of the 3 sentence types using the SUBJECT "Bob" and the VERB "Sing"
DECLARATIVE
INTERROGATIVE
IMPARATIVE
Declarative-"Bob sings."
Interrogative-"Is Bob singing?"
Imperative-"Sing!" or "Sing Bob!"
True or false:
In the sentence “Lydia did everything she could but the odds are not in her favor. “ THERE SHOULD BE A COMMA AFTER THE COORDINATING CONJUNCTION.
What is...TRUE?
Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet.