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Subjects and Verbs
Kinds of Sentences
Subject Complements
Object Complements
Fragments/Run-Ons
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A group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What is sentence?
100
The four kinds of sentences are...
What is declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory?
100
There are two subject complements and they are...
What is a predicate noun (nominative) and predicate adjective?
100
The two types of object complements are...
What are direct and indirect objects?
100
The Maya live in Mexico.
What is a complete sentence?
200
Every complete sentence has two basic parts:
What is a subject and a predicate?
200
"Don't ever try to move a nest yourself" is this type of sentence.
What is an imperative sentence?
200
Scientists feel hopeful about tracking migrations. Hopeful is a...
What is a predicate adjective?
200
"Bill Gates owns a very technologically advanced house." In that sentence, the object complement is ...
What is the word house?
200
They built roofs from corrugated metal they also use tarpaper.
What is a run-on?
300
Tourists can see a very different house near Spring Green, Wisconsin. The simple subject is...
What is tourists?
300
"Stay away from wasps" is this type of sentence.
What is an imperative sentence?
300
Deuterium is a form of hydrogen found in rainwater. Form is a ...
What is predicate noun?
300
"Gates's house also has a 32-screen video wall." In the example sentence, the object complement is...
What is the word wall?
300
The tombstones in some Mayan cemeteries.
What is a fragment?
400
Its many rooms contain unique furnishings. The simple predicate is...
What is contain?
400
"Yellow jackets are dangerous only if you get too close to their nest" is this type of sentence.
What is a declarative sentence?
400
"Cocoons become butterfly nurseries." In that sentence, the subject complement is...
What is the word nurseries?
400
"For example, the house can bring you music in every room." In the example sentence, the object complements are...
What are the words music and you?
400
Are shaped like little houses.
What is a sentence fragment?
500
Lodges on islands often give beavers the best protection. The complete subject and the complete predicate is...
What is "lodges on islands"? What is "often give beavers the best protection"?
500
"Their sting is very painful!" is this type of sentence.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
500
In the sentence "The migration of songbirds is difficult to track," the subject complement is ...
What is the word difficult?
500
"Such a house can teach researchers many things about homes for people with disabilities." In the example sentence, the object complements are...
What are the words things and researchers?
500
Second, drive a three-foot stick into the ground nearby take out your rain poncho.
What is a run-on?