Sentences
a group of words that express a whole idea
What is a complete sentence?
What you end an exclamatory sentence with
What is an exclamation point?
It is what the sentence is about
What is the subject?
The dog wanted
What's wrong with this sentence?
Correct this sentence: Peter hatcher's little brother is called fudge.
What is capitalize Hatcher and Fudge?
part of a sentence is missing
What is a fragment?
You need to put a comma before this kind of word in a complex or compound sentence.
What is a coordinating or subordinating conjunction?
It is what the subject of a sentence does or is
What is the predicate?
People like to travel sometimes they travel by plane.
What is a run-on sentence?
Correct this sentence: I don't like it when people yell but I do like when people sing.
What is add a comma before but (run on!)
Two sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
The two ways you can end an imperative sentence
What are periods and exclamation points?
It is a single word like "I" or "Susan" that begins the sentence
What is a simple subject?
Fix it: went to the beach yesterday.
What is "[subject] went to the beach yesterday."?
Correct this: Class 4a is
What is "Class 4a is smart/funny, etc."?
Two sentences joined by a subordinating conjunction
What is a complex sentence?
It just states facts
What is a declarative sentence?
This part of the sentence is made up of more than one word, such as "the big dog" or "Jennifer Jenkins and her mom"
What is the complete subject?
Fix it: I love to sing I sing in many choruses.
What is "I love to sing, and I sing in many choruses."?
find the missing piece: There are many people who do not like to climb mountains
What is a period?
The kind of sentence that ends with a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence?
You use this to start each sentence
What is a capital letter?
The entire second part of the sentence, such as "went to the store" or "tried on new shoes"
What is the complete predicate?
Fix it: Raccoons look really cute they are actually pretty destructive if they get inside your house.
What is "Raccoons look really cute, but they are actually pretty destructive if they get inside your house."?
Fix it: one day I went to target to buy a pair of shoes
What is capitalization (One and Target) and period