Sentence Types (DEC, INT, IMP, EXC)
This sentence type makes a statement and ends with a period.
Answer: What is Declarative?
In the phrase "was walking," this word is the helping verb
Answer: What is "was"?
These are the seven coordinating conjunctions used to join two independent clauses. (Hint: Acronym).
Answer: What are FANBOYS?
The simple predicate is another name for this part of speech.
Answer: What is the verb?
Identify the sentence type: "Read the instructions carefully before writing your final answer."
Answer: What is Imperative? (Command)
A full verb phrase is made up of a Main Verb plus this type of verb.
Answer: What is a Helping Verb? (or Auxiliary Verb)
Label as Simple or Compound: "Roger grabbed the purse and ran down the street."
BONUS (+250): What is the "type" of verb in this sentence?
What is a Simple Sentence?
BONUS (+250): What is a compound verb?
Identify the simple subject in this sentence: "The mischievous kitten knocked over the glass."
Answer: What is "kitten"?
Identify the sentence type: "Do not drop that glass on the floor!"
Answer: What is Imperative? (Exclamatory allowed)
Identify the complete verb phrase in this sentence: "Rachel has been staring at the red sweater."
Answer: What is "has been staring"?
Label as Simple or Compound: "Mrs. Jones cooked dinner, and Roger cleaned his face."
Answer: What is a Compound Sentence?
Identify the COMPLETE predicate in this sentence: "Mrs. Jones dragged the boy into her room."
Answer: What is "dragged the boy into her room"?
This sentence type asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Answer: What is Interrogative?
Identify the helping verb in this sentence: "You might run that comb through your hair."
Answer: What is "might"?
A compound sentence requires TWO complete parts (called clauses), a FANBOYS conjunction, and this punctuation mark right before the conjunction.
Answer: What is a comma?
Does this sentence have a compound subject or compound verb: "Rachel and Sylvia sat together."
Answer: What is a Compound Subject?
True or False: An imperative sentence always ends with an exclamation point.
Answer: What is False? (It can end with a period or exclamation point depending on force).
In the negative sentence "He did not want to leave," these TWO words form the actual verb phrase (without the adverb).
What are "did want"?
Fix this run-on into a compound sentence: "The bell rang students ran out."
Answer: What is "The bell rang, so students ran out" (or any valid comma + FANBOYS)?
Identify the simple subject AND simple predicate in: "Two tired teachers drank hot coffee."
Answer: What are "teachers" (subject) and "drank" (predicate)?