Sentence Parts
What is the subject of a sentence?
Who or what the sentence is about.
Name the 4 types of simple sentences.
Declarative, Interrogative, Exclamatory, and Imperative
Is this a compound sentence?
We went to the store, and we bought groceries.
Yes. :)
Is this a complex sentence?
Together we can do it!
No, it is a simple sentence.
What is wrong with the following sentence?
she went to the store.
It needs a capital letter at the beginning.
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The action part of a sentence. It tells us what the subject does or did.
What does an exclamatory sentence end with?
An exclamation point!
Give an example of a compound sentence.
Must have two independent clauses and a conjunction.
We went to the store, and I bought sugar.
They went to the store; it was closed.
What types of clauses make up a complex sentence?
What is wrong with the following sentence:
Where are you
It needs a question mark at the end.
What type of clause can be a sentence all by itself?
What is an interrogative sentence?
It is a question.
What are our conjunction words?
FANBOYS (For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What do I need to have between my dependent and independent clauses in a complex sentence?
What type of mistake is happening in the sentence below?
He went to the store he bought icecream.
Run on Sentence
Would the following be an independent or dependent clause?
They went to the store.
Independent Clause
What two simple sentence types end in a period?
Imperative and Declarative Sentences
What three parts make up a compound sentence?
2 independent clauses and 1 conjunction
Give an example of a complex sentence.
Must have a dependent and independent clause.
While we were working, we learned something new.
Since we are practicing, it is making more sense.
What is a fragment?
Name 3 of the marker words that help us recognize a dependent clause.
while, after, before, when, while, since, whenever
Give an example of an imperative sentence.
Any command will work.
Go do the dishes.
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If I don't want to use a conjunction word, what symbol can I use to join two independent clauses to make a compound sentence?
A semi colon (;)
What is the major difference between a compound and complex sentence?
A compound sentence has 2 independent clauses, and a complex sentence has 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause.
Fix the following sentence:
While we were waiting.
This is a fragment, because it is a dependent clause by itself. It needs an independent clause to go with it, so it can be a complex sentence.