Sentence Structure
What are the 4 sentence structures
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex
What is a Subject of a sentence?
A subject is the star noun. The main object the sentence is talking about.
What is a Declarative sentence?
Makes a statement and ends with a period.
How many Sentence structures are there (simple, compound, etc)?
How many types of verbs are there? Can you name any?
There are 4 types of verbs.
Intransitive, transitive, linking, and helping
What is a Simple Sentence?
Subject and Predicate
What is a predicate?
A predicate is the main verb or verbs for the subject.
What is an exclaimatory sentence?
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
How many sentence purposes are there (declarative, exclamatory, etc)?
There are 4 Sentence purposes.
What is an Intransitive verb?
It does not transfer the action, there is no direct object.
My family traveled.
What is a compound sentance?
A compound sentence consists of at least two independent clauses joined by a cordinating conjunction.
s|v (conjunction) s|v
What does a Sentence always begin with?
A Capitol letter
What is an Interrogative sentence?
An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
How many sentence patterns are there? Or how patterns are there to diagram a sentence?
There are 7 patterns to diagram a sentence.
What is a transitive verb?
It transfers the action to a direct object.
I packed a suitcase
What is a Complex Sentence?
A complex sentence consists of one indepenent clause and at least one subordinate clause. A subordinate clause cannot stand alone.
What must a sentence always end with?
An end mark- period, exclamation mark, or question mark.
What is an Imperative Sentence?
An Imperative sentence expresses a command and ends with a period or exclamation mark. An Imperative Sentence is formed by removing the subject noun and restating a verb as a command.
How many parts of a sentence are there (subject, predicate, capitol letter, etc)
There are 5 main parts to a sentence.
Subject, predicate, capitol letter, end mark, complete sense
What is a linking verb?
A linking verb makes an assertion by joining two words together. (adjective)
I am excited.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
A comound-complex sentence consists of at least two independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
What are the 5 parts of a sentence?
1. Subject
2. Predicate
3. Capitol Letter
4. End Mark
5. Complete Sense
What are the 4 sentence purposes?
How many parts of speech are there (Noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, etc)
There are 8 parts of speech.
Nou, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction, interjection, preposition, adjective
What is a helping verb?
A helping verb helps another verb assert action, show a state of being, or helps another verb. (action verb)
We were planning.