Types of Sentences
This type of sentence uses a question mark.
What is a question?
Complete Subject
Pandas are not really bears.
What is Pandas?
Sharon solves problems with it.
What is Sharon?
Dad hollered.
What is hollered?
The air was cold we built a fire.
What is The air was cold. We built a fire. ?
Combine these two simple sentences with the connecting word and.
Dancers start young. They practice often.
What is Dancers start young, and they practice often. ?
This type of sentence uses an exclamation mark.
What is exclamations?
Complete predicate:
My family saw two pandas at the National Zoo.
What is saw two pandas at the National Zoo?
My older sister uses dad'd home computers.
What is sister?
Sharon's friend uses the computer often.
What is uses?
Our tent leaked, we patched the holes.
What is Our tent leaked. We patched the holes. ?
Combine these two simple sentences using a compound subject or compound predicate.
Joe wrote the script. Rosa wrote the script.
What is Joe and Rosa wrote the script.?
Sentence or not a sentence?
We took our bikes to the park.
What is a sentence?
Complete subject:
Both furry animals played.
What is Both furry animals?
Some friends of mine have their own computers.
What is friends?
She and I play computer games.
What is play?
It was not always white it was once gray.
What is It was not always white. It was once gray. ?
Combine these two simple sentences using the connecting word or.
Vic will go to another ballet. He will watch one on TV.
What is Vic will go to another ballet, or he will watch one on TV.?
This type of sentence uses a period and tells you what to do.
What is a command?
Complete predicate.
An enormous white train was now in the sky.
What is was now in the sky.?
The keyboard of the computer is easily broken.
What is keyboard?
I spilled apple juice on the keyboard last week.
What is spilled?
Congress changed the name it became the White House.
What is Congress changed the name. It became the White House. ?
Combine these simple sentences using a compound subject or compound predicate.
Mr. Grant directed the movie. Mr. Grant filmed it.
What is Mr. Grant directed and filmed the movie.?
This type of sentence gives you information.
What is a statement?
Complete subject.
The cloud's shape had changed.
What is The cloud's shape?
The name of the team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
What is name?
He has another computer at his office, though.
What is has?
The White House has 132 rooms you can visit five.
What is The White House has 132 rooms. You can visit five. ?
Combine these two simple sentences using the connecting word but.
The music was great. The dancing was the best part.
What is The music was great, but the dancing was the best part.?