The Sentence

Kinds of Sentences

100

This is a statement.

What is declarative? 

200

Declarative and imperative sentences end with this type of punctuation.

What is a period?

300

This sentence has a lot of emotion. 

What is exclamatory? 

400

This is a question.

What is interrogative?

500

This sentence is a command.

What is imperative?

Subjects & Predicates

100

This is the simple subject in the following sentence: Ethan runs cross country. 

What is Ethan?

200

What is the simple predicate in the following sentence:

The ball flew over the fence.

What is flew?

300

This is the simple subject of the following sentence:

Marty's eyes lit up at the sight. 

What is eyes?

400

This is the simple predicate of the following sentence:

The girl has been yawning all morning.

What is has been yawning?

500

What is the simple subject of the following sentence:

The piles of sand disappeared when the waves crashed on shore.

What is piles? 

Compound subjects & Compound predicates

100

This is the compound subject for the following sentence:

The girls and I were so excited about the new movie. 

What are girls and I?

200

The compound subject in the following sentence is:

Jim, Susie, and Cam took a trip to Florida.

What are Jim, Susie, and Cam? 

300

This is the compound predicate in the following sentence: We hiked, searched the area, and found a campsite. 

What are hiked, searched, and found?

400

Compound Subject, Compound Predicate, or both in the following sentence: 

The boys swam, played basketball, and took a nap this afternoon. 

What is compound predicate? 

500

Does the following sentence contain a compound subject, compound predicate, or both?

Mom and Dad sang a song and danced around the room. 

What is both?

Simple, Compound, & Complex

100

My mom is going to the store tonight, and she also must go to the laundromat. 

What is compound? 

200

I am really excited about seeing a movie and going to my friend's house. 

What is simple? 

300

My dogs are really active, but my cats are very lazy. 

What is compound? 

400

When it rains, I always wear my raincoat. 

What is complex? 

500

I will be going for a run if the rains stops. 

What is complex? 

Fix the sentence

100

Fix this run-on sentence:

I love school it is fun.

What is 

1. I love school, and it is fun. 

2. I love school. It is fun. 

3. I love school; It is fun. 

200

Fix this sentence fragment:

Ran the race well.

What is add an appropriate subject:

For example,

He ran well. 

I ran well. 

300

Fix this sentence:

I have fun walking my dogs they trip me up sometimes 

What is 

1. I have fun walking my dogs, but they trip me up sometimes. 

400

Fix the fragment:

The scary clown

What is: Add a predicate 

EX: The scary clown works at the corn maze. 

500

Fix the run-on sentence:

The book is really funny I like it a lot I want to read more by this author. 

What is:

1. The book is really funny. I like it a lot, and I want to read more by this author.