Sentence Types
What type of sentence is this?
"Ms. Huggins' favorite bug is a ladybug."
Declarative sentence
What are the eight parts of speech?
Noun, pronoun, adverb, adjective, verb, conjunction, preposition, interjection.
What are the two principle elements?
Subject and predicate
What are the coordinating conjunctions?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What does an exclamatory sentence do?
It expresses strong emotion.
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that does an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb.
What is a predicate?
A predicate tells something about the subject, like what it is doing or being.
Analyze this sentence:
"What is your name?"
What: subject
Is: Linking verb
Name: Predicate nominative
Your: Adjective
What kind of punctuation does an imperative sentence end with?
A period or an exclamation mark
What questions do adjectives answer?
How many, which one, what kind, whose
What is a direct object?
A direct object is a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
How, when, where
Turn this declarative sentence into an interrogative sentence.
"Your sister is starting kindergarten in the fall."
"Is your sister starting kindergarten in the fall?"
What are the subjective pronouns?
I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they
What is an object of the preposition?
A noun or pronoun that completes the meaning of the preposition
What is an interjection?
A part of speech thrown into a sentence to show sudden or strong emotion.
What is a compound sentence?
A compound sentence is a sentence with two independent clauses joined together by a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, and predicate nominative.
What is the difference between a predicate nominative and a predicate adjective?
A predicate nominative is a noun or pronoun that renames the subject; a predicate adjective is an adjective that describes the subject.
What are the possessive pronouns?
my, your, his/her/its, our, your, their