Sentence Classifications
Name the four purposes of a sentence.
Declarative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, Imperative
Please, sit down.
Simple, Imperative, S-vi
The gold is bright.
Simple, declarative, s-vl-pa
The dog ran fast down the hill towards town.
simple, declarative, S-Vi
Name the four verb types
Intransitive, transitive, linking, helping
Name the four sentence structures
simple, compound, complex, compound-complex
Tom eats ice cream and Susan enjoys cake.
compound, declarative, s-vt-do
The train traveled across the bridge, and its wheels screeched on the tracks.
Compound, Declarative, S-vi
Watch your step.
simple, Imperative, s-vt-do
Describe the italicized words. Adjective or adverb phrase or clause?
The boy, who played soccer, won the prize.
Adjectival clause describing boy.
Name the five parts of a sentence?
Subject, Verb, makes complete sense, end mark, capital letter,
The night is dark and cold, but the moon is shining bright.
compound, declarative, s-vl-pa
Is the weather cold in December or is it warm in this part of the country?
compound, Interrogative, s-vi
Is your mother baking a cake and bringing cookies?
Simple, Interrogative, s-vt-do
What do adverbs answer (give at least 2)
how, when, where, why, how often, to what extent, and under what condition
Name the seven sentence patterns.
s-vi, s-vt-do, s-vl-pn, s-vl-pa, s-vt-io-do, s-vt-do-ocn, s-vt-do-oca
Can you bring some pizza to the party and I will bring some soda?
compound, Interrogative, s-vt-do
Is she passing the pencil to her classmates, or is she giving her a pen?
compound, interrogative, s-vt-do
Hey! I can't see the car!
Simple, Exclamatory, s-vt-do
What do adjectives answer (give at least 2)
Whose, how many, what kind, which
coordinating conjunction
Cathy gave me a piece of paper and a pencil.
Simple, declarative, s-vt-io-do
Eventually, Susan became a lawyer who defended my sister in a serious legal case.
complex, declarative. s-vl-pn
My sister is an experienced chiropractor, but my brother is a law enforcement office.
compound, declarative, s-vl-pn
Name the eight noun usages.
Subject noun, possessive noun adjective, indirect object, direct object, object of the preposition, predicate nominative, object complement noun, noun of direct address, appositive.