Sentence Types
A group of words that express a complete thought
What is a sentence
What thing does the action ?
What is subject
Two simple sentences that have been combined with a comma and a conjunction
What is compound sentence
A group of words with a subject and a verb
What is a clause
Results when two main or
independent clauses are joined without correct
punctuation or a correct coordinating conjunction
What is a run-on sentence
A sentence statement
What is a declarative sentence
Has all the words that tell what
the subject does or is
What is a complete predicate
Joins words or groups of words
What is a conjunction
Forms a complete thought
and can be a sentence
What is a independent clause
The use of a comma in a run-on
sentence that has two main clauses
What is a comma splice
Gives a command
Imperative Sentence
A sentence that does not have both a
subject and a predicate is what ?
What is a sentence fragment
Two or more predicates with the same subject
What is compound predicate
Not a complete thought and
cannot stand as a sentence
What is a dependent clause
My sister went to the beach, she rode her bicycle
there is an example of ?
What is a comma splice
A group of words that is punctuated but does not express a complete thought
What is a Fragment
A complete thought needs what and what ?
What is a subject and predicate
Two or more subjects with the same predicate
What is a compound subject
Connects a dependent
and independent clause
What is a subordinating conjunction
The dog was panting and it was in distress is a example of ?
What is a run-on sentence
Avoiding shifting to from tense to another in the same sentence
What is avoiding verb tense shift
The simple predicate is the main word/words of what ?
What is Complete Subject
Do not use a comma to separate what ?
What is compound subjects or compound predicate
An independent clause and one or
more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence
A run-on sentence can contain ?
What is a two main clauses separated only by a comma or no punctuation