Sentence Types
A group of words that expresses a complete thought
What is a sentence?
includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about...
what is the sentence about
Joins words or groups of words, and adds information
What is a comma
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
Sentences begin with a...
What is a capital letter?
the main word or words in the complete predicate
are boarding
two simple sentences that have been combined with a comma and a conjunction
What is a
compound sentence
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
A sentence that gives a command...
What is an imperative sentence?
A sentence is a group
words that expresses a complete thought.
two or more subjects with the same predicate
What is a compound subject
not a complete thought and cannot stand as a sentence
What is a
dependent clause
Into two sentences.
what is a Divide the run-on sentence
A sentence that asks a question
What is an interrogative sentence?
Soldiers along the road
Watched from her hiding place behind the trees?
two or more predicates with the same subject
What is a
compound predicate
connects a dependent and independent clause
What is a
subordinating conjunction
A run-on sentence can contain
What is a two main clauses separated only by a comma or no punctuation
You must avoid verb tense shifts unless
What is when there is a keyword that changes time
the main word or words in the complete subject
all ages visit the harbor
Use a semicolon to separate two parts of a compound sentence
When they are not connected by a conjunction.
an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence
Two main clauses
What is a no comma before the