Types of Sentences
Sentence Parts
Verbs
Punctuation
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Sentence
Is made up of one or more words which express a complete thought.
100
Subject
The part of a sentence which is doing something or about which something is said.
100
Verb Phrase
Includes a main verb and one or more helping verbs.
100
Hyphen
to join parts of compound words.
100
Capitalize
The first word of every sentence needs to be _______.
200
Compound Sentence
Is made up of two or more simple sentences.
200
Simple Subject
The subject without the words which describe or modify it.
200
First Person Verb
Agrees with I, us, we.
200
Parentheses
to enclose an author's insertion or comment.
200
Period
to end a declarative sentence.
300
Interrogative Sentence
Asks a question.
300
Predicate
The part of the sentence which says something about the subject.
300
Present Tense
when a verb expresses action which is happening now or which happens continually.
300
Question Mark
at the end of a direct question.
300
Ellipsis
for a pause in dialogue.
400
Exclamatory Sentence
Communicates strong emotion or surprise.
400
Phrase
A group of related words which lacks either a subject or a predicate.
400
Gerund
A verb from which ends in ing and is used as a noun.
400
Exclamation Point
at the end of an exclamatory sentence.
400
Comma
to separate words, phrases, or clauses in a series.
500
Compound-complex Sentence
Is made up of two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
500
Clause
A group of related words which has both a subject and a predicate.
500
Infinitive
A verb form usually introduced by to.
500
Quotation Marks
before and after direct quotations, placed around exact words quoted.
500
Semicolon
to separate groups of words or phrases which already contain commas.
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