Sentences
A group of words that expresses a complete thought
What is a sentence?
It makes a statement and ends with a period
What is a declarative sentence
Punctuate and tell what type of sentence:
How are you today
What is ? and interrogative
It includes all the words that name who or what the sentence is about
What is the complete subject
What one word joins two or more subjects in a sentence
What is a conjuntion
The naming part (person, place or thing) of a sentence
What is the subject
It asks a question and ends with a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence
Punctuate and tell what type of sentence:
Watch out for that soccer ball coming toward your head
What is ! and exclamatory
It is the main word or words in the complete subject
What is the simple subject
What is the purpose of a conjunction in a sentence
It joins two or more subjects
The thing that the person or thing is or does in a sentence
What is a predicate
It gives a command and ends with a period
What is an imperative sentence
Punctuate and tell what type of sentence:
The sky is blue today
The subject usually comes at the beginning of this type of sentence
What is a declarative sentence
Name 3 Examples of conjunctions
And, or, but
Groups of words that do not have both a subject and predicate
What are fragments
It expresses strong feeling or surprise and ends with an exclamation mark
What is an exclamatory sentence
Punctuate and tell what type of sentence:
Eat all your vegetables
What is . and imperative
The subject usually comes at the end of this type of sentence
What is an interrogative sentence
What punctuation mark is needed to join more than 2 nouns
What is a comma
The punctuation in every sentence
What is a capital letter at the beginning and an ending punctuation mark
In imperative sentences the one word that is usually the subject. For example,
Open the envelope, please.
What is "you"
Punctuate and tell what type of sentence:
Look at those birds
What is . and imperative
The simple subject in this sentence:
Where is the baby elephant?
What is elephant
Identify the complete subject and the conjunction that joins them in this sentence:
Butter and flour are necessary ingredients in a cake
What is Butter and flour - complete subject
Conjunction - and