types of sentences
What type of sentence is this: Peter, have you ever been to Hawaii?
Interrogative
What does the subject tell you about in a sentence?
whom or what the sentence is about.
What is a predicate?
The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
Name an example of a connecting word.
and, but, or
State an example of an interrogative sentence
answers vary
What type of sentence is this: I can't wait to trick or treat for Halloween!
Exclamatory
What is the simple subject of this sentence: Austen was a great runner.
Austen
What is the complete predicate in the sentence: The pictures in this book gave us ideas.
Gave us ideas
What are connecting words used for?
To combine two simple sentences.
What is a sentence fragment?
An incomplete sentence where the subject or predicate is missing.
What types of sentences are these:
My favorite food is chicken nuggets.
Sit down.
Declarative and imperative
What is the complete subject of the following sentence: Our little sister Kaylee smiles.
Our little sister
What is the simple predicate in the sentence: We visited the museum.
visited
What is a compound sentence?
Two simple sentences combined that contain related ideas.
What is a run-on sentence?
Two complete sentences that run together.
What does the punctuation of a sentence tell you?
The punctuation shows you what type of sentence is written.
What is complete subject?
A complete subject includes all the words in the subject part of the sentence.
What is complete predicate?
The complete predicate includes all the words in the predicate part of the sentence.
compound
How can you correct a run-on sentence?
You can make two separate sentences or make a compound sentence.
What are the four types of sentences?
declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory
What is the difference between simple subject and complete subject?
Simple subject is the most important word in the complete subject and tells exactly whom or what the subject is about.
What is the difference between simple predicate and complete predicate?
The simple predicate is the most important word in the complete predicate, The simple predicate tells exactly what the subject does or is.
Make the following sentence a compound sentence: Conditions must be just right in a zoo. Animals get sick.
Conditions must be just right in a zoo or animals get sick.
What do ALL complete sentences include?
punctuation, capital letter in the beginning, subject and predicate