Types of Sentences
What type of sentence is this?
Can we please go to lunch?
Interrogative Sentence
What type of sentence is this?
My dad plans to take us to Paris.
Simple Sentence.
What type of clause is this?
I love to eat food on Saturdays.
Independent Clause.
What is the subject in the following sentence?
"Ashlyn is very cool bro."
Ashlyn
What type of sentence is this?
Because I love Cleo.
Fragment sentence.
What is an imperative sentence?
A command or a polite request.
What is a simple sentence?
- Could have compound subject or predicate
True or False: These sentences are both dependent clauses.
On Saturdays, I go surfing.Although I go surfing on Saturdays.
False
What is the complete subject and simple subject of this sentence?
My cat, Cleo, likes to play with me.
The complete subject is My cat, Cleo, and the simple subject is cat.
What is a run-on sentence made up of? (what does it have or not have)
A run-on sentence has two or more complete sentences/independent clauses, and it's missing the proper punctuation to join the sentences.
What type of sentence is this?
Pass me a slice of your cake.
Imperative sentence.
Which of these is a complex sentence?
1.) Because he likes it, I give my dog belly rubs.
2.) I like ice cream, and I like cake.
Number 1
Does this clause need a conjunction? If so, what conjunction?
I eat salad, I eat pizza.
Yes, it needs a conjunction. It needs a subordinate conjunction and can use and, etc.
What is the simple predicate(s) and simple subject(s) of this sentence?
On Fridays, me and my dog Freddie walk and run up and down the grass field.
The simple predicates are walk, and run.
The simple subjects are me, and dog.
True or False: this sentence is a run-on sentence
I have 2 siblings me and my siblings fight all of the time.
True
What punctuation can an imperative sentence have?
Exclamation point, period.
What conjunction(S) are required to make this a compound sentence?
I left my homework at school, ___ I couldn't complete my work.
so, and
Answer the question below using this sentence:
Because I went to Paris during school hours, I don't know what my homework is.
What type of conjunction is used, and what type of clause comes before the comma?
The sentence is using a subordinating conjunction, and the type of clause before the comma is a dependent clause.
Does this sentence have a compound subject, and a compound predicate? If so, what is the compound subject and predicate in this sentence?
Jonah and Adam eat and suck ice cream all of the time.
Yes, this sentence has a compound subject and a compound predicate.
The compound subject is Jonah and Adam.
The compound predicate is eat and suck all of the time.
Are both of these sentences fragments?
Because I eat food on Saturdays.
Cleo and Arthur walk together after lunch.
No.
What punctuation belongs here?
Look at those awesome apes_
What is missing from this sentence (conjunction, etc)? What type of sentence is this?
On Tuesday, I ate six meals____ on Friday I ate three meals.
a coordinating conjunction is missing - and, but, yet, so
Does a comma(s) go in this sentence? If so, where does the comma(s) go?
On Tuesdays and Saturdays_ I eat noodles_ but on Wednesdays and Fridays_ I eat roasted_ duck.
Yes, this sentence needs a comma. A comma goes after Saturdays, noodles, and Fridays.
What is a subject, and what is a predicate? (use the exact def. we learned in class)
A subject is who or what the sentence is about.
A predicate is what the character is or does.
What type of sentence is this, and what word when removed will make this sentence a complete sentence?
Because Mom and I love her.
This is a fragment sentence.
When because is removed, this sentence becomes a complete sentence.