Kinds of Sentences
"What an incredible basketball shot that was!"
Name this sentence.
What is exclamatory?
"The playful puppy chewed my shoe."
State the simple subject.
What is "puppy"?
"The cat slept on the couch."
State the simple predicate.
What is "slept"?
"I wanted pizza, but my brother wanted tacos."
Choose if this sentence is compound or complex.
What is compound?
"Running through a park."
Classify if this is a fragment or a complete sentence.
What is fragment?
"Where did you put my science book?"
Name this sentence.
What is interrogative?
"The three fourth-grade students won the contest."
State the complete subject.
What is "The three fourth-grade students"?
"The children played soccer after school."
State the complete predicate.
What is "played soccer after school"?
"We stayed inside because it was raining."
Find the subordinating conjunction.
What is "because"?
"The sun was shining we went to the beach."
Tell if this is a complete sentence or a run-on sentence.
What is run-on?
"Please bring your homework to the front table."
Name this sentence.
What is imperative?
"My younger sister and her friend walked to the library."
State the simple subject.
What is "sister and friend"
"The excited players quickly ran onto the field."
State the simple predicate.
What is "ran"?
"Although it was cold, we went outside."
Choose if this sentence is compound or complex.
What is complex?
"Because I was tired."
Fix the fragment.
What is "Because I was tired, I went to sleep."?
"The dog chased the ball across the yard."
Name this sentence.
What is declarative?
"The bright red kite flew above the trees."
Identify the simple subject and the complete subject.
What is "kite" for simple subject?
What is "The bright red kite" for complete subject?
"The little boy carefully painted a picture."
Identify the simple predicate and complete predicate.
What is "painted" for simple predicate?
What is "carefully painted a picture" for complete predicate?
"____ Maya studied hard, she felt prepared for the test."
Choose the best subordinating conjunction.
A. And
B. Because
C. Although
D. So
What is B. Because?
"I finished my homework I watched television."
Fix the run-on sentence.
"Stop! Please don't touch the hot stove."
Name this sentence.
What is imperative?
"Several students from our class volunteered for the school play."
Identify the simple subject and the complete subject.
What is "students" for simple subject?
What is "Several students from our class" for complete subject?
"The students in our class quietly completed their science projects."
Identify the simple predicate and complete predicate.
What is "completed" for simple predicate?
What is "quietly completed their science projects"? for complete predicate.
"When the bell rang, the students packed their bags."
Identify the type of sentence AND the subordinating conjunction.
What is "complex" for type of sentence?
What is "When" for subordinating conjunction?
"After the game ended, we went for pizza."
Identify AND explain if this a fragment, run-on, or complete sentence.
What is complete sentence?
What is "it has a complete thought with a subject and predicate. After begins a dependent clause, but the sentence also contains an independent clause"?