Kinds of Sentences
What kind of dog is that?
Interrogative
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
The subject of The dog barked.
dog
Every sentence must have a ______ and a ______.
Subject and Predicate
Sentence or Fragment
Ran down the street.
Fragment
What a big dog!
Exclamatory
New York is common or proper?
Proper
The predicate of The dog barked.
barked
True or False: A fragment is a complete thought.
False
True or False: A sentence must always start with a capital letter and end with punctuation.
True
Lydia close the door
Imperative
The noun school is common or proper?
common
The boy ran quickly.
ran quickly is the ______ of the sentence.
predicate
Sentence or Fragment?
We went to the park after school.
Sentence
Turn this fragment into a sentence: In the morning.
In the morning, we are going to school
The dog is sleeping.
Declarative
Name 3 nouns you can see in this classroom right now.
Desk Mr. Willoughby Board
Identify subject and predicate: The students in the class worked hard.
Subject: Students
Predicate: Worked hard.
Fix the Fragment
The boy in the blue shirt.
Add a verb.
The boy in the blue shirt is smiling.
This is a run-on. Fix it: The dog barked the cat ran away.
The dog barked, and the cat ran away.
Write an interrogative sentence.
Answer will vary. Could you grab the plates?
Write a sentence with at least 3 nouns.
The boy went to the circus and the park.
Create a sentence with the predicate is sleeping.
The cat is sleeping.
Fix the Fragment
Running through the park.
Add Subject
He was running through the park.
Sentence or fragment? Wow!
Sentence.