Kinds of Sentences
What are the 4 types of sentences?
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory
What is the complete subject in this sentence?
These powerful storms cause a lot of damage.
These powerful storms
Is this a fragment or a sentence?
The National Weather Service.
Fragment
Is this a simple or compound sentence?
The spinning air sometimes forms a tornado.
Simple
Is this a complex sentence?
Although most tornadoes last only a few minutes, they can cause great damage.
Yes!
What kind of sentence is this?
How lucky we were!
Exclamatory
What is the complete predicate in this sentence?
Winds whirl around at high speeds.
whirl around at high speeds.
Is this a run-on or a sentence?
Always keep away from windows during a tornado.
Sentence
Is this a simple or compound sentence?
Warm air rises rapidly, and sometimes it begins to spin.
Compound
Is this a complex sentence?
An F5 rating on the F-scale stands for the greatest wind strength any tornado can have.
No!
What kind of sentence is this?
Did you see the tornado?
Interrogative
What is the simple subject in this sentence?
The gusty winds uproot trees.
Winds
Is this a run-on or a sentence?
A storm cellar gives the best protection from a tornado a basement is the next safest place.
Run-on
Is this a simple or compound sentence?
Most tornadoes occur on hot and humid days.
Simple
Is this a complex sentence?
A tornado warning will issued when radar spots powerful winds.
Yes!
What kind of sentence is this?
A tornado hit the town yesterday.
Declarative
What is the simple predicate in this sentence?
A tornado looks like a dark funnel-shaped cloud.
looks
Is this a fragment or a sentence?
Warns people about tornadoes.
Fragment
Is this a simple or compound sentence?
The tornado can stay in the air, or it might touch down on the ground.
Compound
Is this a complex sentence?
The Fujita scale, or F-scale, measures a tornado's intensity.
No!
What kind of sentence is this?
Look at these photos.
Imperative
What is the simple subject and predicate in this sentence?
Most tornadoes hit the midwestern states.
Subject: tornadoes
Predicate: hit
By turning it into a compound sentence or creating two separate sentences.
What are all of the coordinating conjunctions?
Hint (FANBOYS)
For, and, not, but, or, yet, so
Name two examples of subordinating conjunctions.
After, although, because, before, since, until, when, while