Types of Sentences
What type of sentence gives facts and ends with a period?
Statement
What two things must a complete sentence have?
A subject and a predicate that express a complete thought.
What does the subject tell us?
Who ro what the sentence is about.
What does the predicate tell us?
What the subject does or what the subject is.
Identify the simple subject: “The colorful birds flew away.”
birds
What type of sentence asks for information about something?
Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
“The little puppy.”
A Fragment
Identify the simple subject: “The little girl reads every night.”
Girl
Identify the simple predicate: “The baby sleeps peacefully.”
Sleeps
Identify the complete predicate: “The students completed their homework.”
Completed their homework.
What type of sentence expresses a strong feeling or emotion?
Exclamation
Is this complete or a fragment? “The children played outside.”
Complete Sentence
Identify the complete subject: “The little girl reads every night.”
The little girl.
Identify the complete predicate: “The baby sleeps peacefully.”
Sleeps peacefully
Is this a fragment? “My best friend from school.”
yes
What type of sentence asks you to do something or makes a request?
Command
What is missing? “Ran quickly across the field.”
A subject
Identify the compound subject: “Maya and Adam played together.”
Maya and Adam
Identify the compound predicate: “The dog barks and runs around the garden.”
Barks and runs around the garden.
Identify the subject and predicate: “The children laughed loudly.”
Subject: The children.
Predicate: laughed loudly.
Identify the type: “Please close the door quietly.”
Command
Turn this fragment into a complete sentence: “Because it was raining.”
Example: We stayed inside because it was raining.
Identify the compound subject: “The teacher and her students entered the classroom.”
The teacher and her students
Identify the complete subject and compound predicate: “Maya and Adam read and write every evening.”
Subject: Maya and Adam.
Predicate: read and write every evening.
Correct this fragment: “The boy with the blue backpack.”
Example: “The boy with the blue backpack ran home.”