Sentences
How do you classify sentences?
Purpose and structure
What is the simple subject of the following sentence:
Jackson scored a touchdown at the football game last night.
Jackson
What is the subject of the following sentence:
My son and I went to the hockey game.
son, I
Diagram the following sentence:
We ran on the sand at the beach.
We / ran
Is this group of words a sentence or fragment:
Fifth grade rocks!
Sentence
What is the simple predicate of the following sentence:
We comforted the scared kitten.
comforted
What is the predicate of the following sentence:
We washed and vacuumed the car.
washed, vacuumed
Diagram the following sentence:
Mr. Swanson taught the children about crocodiles.
Mr. Swanson / taught
What type of sentence is the following:
We looked at the rainbow in the sky.
Simple/Declarative
What is the simple subject and the simple predicate of the following sentence:
The buttery popcorn tasted delicious to the students.
Simple subject: popcorn
Simple predicate: tasted
What is the simple subject and the simple predicate of the following sentence. Tell if the sentence is simple or compound:
Sarah mopped and waxed the kitchen floor.
Subject: Sarah
Predicate: mopped and waxed
Simple
Diagram the following sentence:
The boy and his friends swam in the pool.
boy, friends
swam
What type of sentence is the following:
Catch him before he gets away!
Imperative
Diagram the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentence:
Sit down and do your homework.
(you) / sit + do rocketship
What is the simple subject and the simple predicate of the following sentence. Tell if the sentence is simple or compound:
My sister cooks dinner, and her children wash the dishes.
Subject: sister, children
Predicate: cooks, wash
Compound
Diagram the following sentence:
Take out the garbage.
(You) / take
Using all of the words, turn the following interrogative sentence into a declarative sentence:
Do many breakfast cereals contain oat products?
Many breakfast cereals do contain oat products.
Draw a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate. Underline the simple subject once and the simple predicate twice:
The adorable puppies wiggled with excitement as they played with their toys.
The adorable puppies / wiggled with excitement as
they played with their toys.
Diagram the following sentence:
My sister and I cook dinner.
sister + I rocketship / cook
Diagram the following sentence:
The soup and salad bar in the lunch room has many good choices.
bar / has