Declarative Statement of Mind
Which type of sentence must end with a question mark?
interrogative
Identify the subject:
Mary is going to the zoo.
Mary
A ___________________________ is a word that joins two words or two groups of words together.
Conjunction
Identify the compound subjects in the Following sentence.
Diego and his brother play in the mud on a rainy day.
Diego and Brother
In this step you think about subjects you would like to write about.
planning
A sentence that's used to give someone an order or a command is an _______ sentence.
imperative
Find the complete predicate in the fact about orangutan :
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia.
are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia.
What kind of conjunction is used in this sentence?
Swimming makes me both hungry and tired.
Correlative or Coordinating
correlative
Identify the compound subjects in the folling sentence.
Charlotte, Pat, and Greta race down the street after school
Charlotte, Pat, Greta
In this step of the writing process you fix misspelled words.
The function of a declarative sentence is to _______ someone about something.
tell
What part of the sentence tells the action of the sentence?
Predicate
Identify the correlative conjunctions:
The water was neither too cold nor too warm; it was just right.
neither; nor
Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.
Her best friend is an artist and plays football.
is an artist and plays football
In which stage of the writing process would a good writer add more detail?
Revising
Which of these sentence types often begins with the subject?
Declarative/Interrogative
What is the appropriate linking verb to connect the subject and its predicate in this sentence?
The girl (is, are) dancing.
The girl is dancing.
Identify the subordinating conjunction: Mr. Smith wants us to bring our books every day because we use them all of the time.
Because
Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.
My Aunt Pratricia flies airplanes and drives tug boats.
Flies airplains and drives tug boats
True or False: Good writers skip some of the steps of the writing process.
False
The usual FORM of a declarative sentence is
Predicate -- Subject
or
Subject -- Predicate
Subject -- predicate
What is a simple subject?
The main noun or pronoun that tells what the sentence is about.
Identify the coordinating conjunction: Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Booth, and Mrs. Miller are all language arts teachers.
coordinating
Identify the compound predicates in the following sentence.
The prince found a magical flower but lost it in the woods.
found a magical flower but lost it in the woods
Tyler has completed his draft. He has reread it and made corrections. There are not any misspelled words or grammatical errors, and he is ready to share his writing. Which stage of the writing process does it sound like Tyler is in?
publishing