Kinds of Sentences
What kind of sentence is "The secret entrance lies behind the waterfall." Statement, question, command, or exclamation.
Statement
Airplanes
What is the simple subject of "The fluffy white kitten slept?"
Kitten
Two or more subjects joined by "and" or "or" make this.
A compound subject.
The definition of a run on sentence.
Two sentences that run together without being separated. (Separate ideas) (Two subjects, two predicates)
What punctuation mark ends an interrogative sentence?
Question mark
What is the predicate of "Five cats jumped."
Jumped
What is the simple predicate of "Our class visited the zoo?"
visited
Two or more pedicates that share one subject make this.
A compound predicate.
Fix this run-on sentence on the whiteboard: "I woke up and fell out of my bed my breakfast was terrible I fell asleep in class."
"Please sit down." What kind of sentence is this?
Command/imperative
What is the complete subject of "The hiding girl accidentally kicked the hornet's nest."?
The tall boy
What is the simple subject of "Five rainbow-colored tiger-striped sea turtles ran a 100-yard dash in 20 seconds."
turtles
Is "Sam and Lea built a fort." Compound subject or compound predicate.
Compound subject
Is "The sun came out we went outside" a run-on sentence or is it correct?
Run-on
"What a great catch that was" What punctuation goes at the end of this sentence, according to your book?
Exclamation mark
What is the complete predicate of "My aunt drives a red truck."?
Drives a red truck
What is the simple predicate of: "The soccer player vigorously banged his head against the flying ball."
Banged
Is "The dog barked and ran." Compound subject or compound predicate?
Compound predicate
Fix this run-on on the board: "I lost my pencil Ben gave me one."
I lost my pencil. Ben gave me one.
What two punctuation marks can end this sentence? "March to the gate at dawn, soldier"
Period or exclamation point.
Make a complete sentence that consists of only two words.
Example: Fish swim
Name both the simple subject and the simple predicate of "A loud thunderstorm shook the house."
Thunderstorm / shook
Combine these into one sentence on the board: "Elephants are gentle giants. They are quite dangerous when angry."
Elephants are gentle giants, but they are quite dangerous when angry.
Rewrite this run-on sentence on the board: "Shirley thinks I am a champion runner she does not know that I cheated I took a shortcut before the last turn of the race."
Mr. Jones will review and approve or deny.