Sentence Smarts
A sentence expresses a ______ thought.
Complete
What kind of sentence is this? I love reading books.
Statement
What punctuation goes at the end? The dog is sleeping__
Period (.)
Which question word asks about a person?
Who
What does the subject of a sentence tell us?
Who or what the sentence is about.
What does a predicate tell us?
What the subject is or does.
What is a compound subject?
Two or more subjects joined together.
What is a compound predicate?
Two or more predicates joined together.
What is a compound sentence?
Two complete sentences correctly joined into one.
What is a run-on sentence?
Two or more complete sentences joined incorrectly.
What two parts does every complete sentence have?
A subject and a predicate.
What kind of sentence is this? What time is lunch?
Question
What punctuation goes at the end? Do you want to play__
Question mark (?)
Which question word asks about a place?
Where
What is the SIMPLE subject? The dog barked.
dog
What is the SIMPLE predicate? The dog ran.
ran
What is the compound subject? Anna and Ben ran.
Anna and Ben
What is the compound predicate? Lucy jumped and laughed.
jumped and laughed
What THREE joining words did we learn?
and, but, or
Is this a run-on? The bell rang, everyone stood up.
Yes. Two complete sentences are joined by only a comma.
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment? Under the big tree.
Fragment.
What kind of sentence is this? Put your pencils away.
Command
What punctuation goes at the end? Hooray, we won the game__
Exclamation point (!)
Which question word asks about a time?
When
What is the COMPLETE subject? My little sister likes music.
My little sister
What is the COMPLETE predicate? My sister draws pictures.
draws pictures
Which sentence has a compound subject? A. The cat slept and purred. B. The cat and dog slept.
B. The cat and dog slept.
Which has a compound predicate? A. Tom and Tim swam. B. Tom swam and splashed.
B. Tom swam and splashed.
What punctuation mark comes before and, but, or or when joining two complete sentences?
A comma (,)
Is this a run-on or a correct compound sentence? We ate lunch, and we went outside.
Correct compound sentence.
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment? The tall boy ran down the hall.
Complete sentence.
What kind of sentence is this? What a fantastic play!
Exclamation
What punctuation usually goes at the end of a command such as Please open your books__?
Period (.)
Fill in the blank: ______ did you miss the bus? Because I woke up late.
Why
What is the SIMPLE subject? The excited students cheered.
students
Name the SIMPLE and COMPLETE predicate: The happy children laughed loudly.
Simple: laughed. Complete: laughed loudly.
Combine the subjects into one sentence: Rex was tired. Sparky was tired.
Rex and Sparky were tired.
Combine the predicates: The teacher wrote on the board. The teacher read the sentence.
The teacher wrote on the board and read the sentence.
Combine these sentences using BUT: It was raining. We played outside.
It was raining, but we played outside.
Fix this run-on: The girl laughed, her friend smiled.
The girl laughed, and her friend smiled.
Turn this fragment into a complete sentence: The excited children.
Example: The excited children cheered loudly.
Name all four kinds of sentences and explain what each does.
Statement: tells something. Question: asks something. Command: tells someone what to do. Exclamation: expresses strong emotion.
Fix the capitalization and punctuation: what an amazing day it is
What an amazing day it is!
Name all SIX question words we learned.
Who, what, when, where, why, how.
Name the COMPLETE subject and SIMPLE subject: The tall boy with the red backpack ran home.
Complete: The tall boy with the red backpack. Simple: boy.
Name the SIMPLE and COMPLETE predicate: The little boy by the window finished his homework before dinner.
Simple: finished. Complete: finished his homework before dinner.
Identify BOTH the compound subject and compound predicate: My brother and sister sang and danced.
Compound subject: My brother and sister. Compound predicate: sang and danced.
Which has a compound predicate and which is a compound sentence? A. The boys ran and jumped. B. The boys ran, and the girls jumped.
A: Compound predicate. B: Compound sentence.
Combine these two sentences correctly into one compound sentence: Dad cooked dinner. Mom washed the dishes.
Dad cooked dinner, and Mom washed the dishes.
Fix ALL errors so there is no run-on: it was cold, we wore coats.
It was cold, and we wore coats.