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Subjects and Predicates
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A complete sentence needs these 2 things

Subject and a predicate

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This is what the subject of a sentence tells.

Who or what the sentence is about.

100

This is when two or more subjects are joined by a coordinating conjunction.

Compound subject

100

These types of sentences describe one thought.

Simple sentences

100

This is a group of words missing a subject or a verb.

Phrase

200

This type of sentence expresses a complete thought.

Declarative

200

This is what the predicate of a sentence tells.

What the subject is or what the subject does

200

These are used to separate three or more subjects in a compound subject.

Commas

200

This is two or more simple sentences connected by a comma and a conjunction. 

Compound sentences

200

This has a subject and a predicate, but does not express a complete thought.

Dependent Clause


300

This type of sentence asks a questions.

Interrogative sentence

300

This is when a sentence has only a subject or a predicate.

Sentence fragment

300

This is made up of two or more predicates.

Compound predicates

300

This is two sentences that run together without a coordinating conjunction joining them.

Run-on sentence

300

These two groups of words cannot stand alone in a sentence.

Phrases and dependent clauses

400

This type of sentence gives a command.

Imperative Sentence

400

This is all the words that name the person or thing that the sentence is about.

Complete subject

400

Each predicate in a compound predicate have this in common.

The same subject

400

This is when two sentences are joined only with a comma.

Comma Splice

400

This has both a subject and a predicate, and it can stand alone as a sentence.

Independent clause

500

This type of sentence expresses strong emotion.

Exclamatory Sentence

500

This is the main word or words in the complete subject of a sentence.

Simple subject

500

Theses coordinating conjunctions can join compound subjects and predicates.

And, but, or or

500

True or false: Simple sentences can have a compound subject, a compound predicate, or both.

True

500

This is made up of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Complex Sentence