What is a Sentence?
What two things must a sentence contain?
A subject (noun) and a predicate (verb).
What is a compound subject?
More than one subject.
What two types of clauses are there?
independent and dependent
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
The kids rode a bus to the park.
rode a bus to the park.
What is a subject?
A noun that takes an action in a sentence.
What is a compound predicate?
More than one predicate.
Which of the two types of clauses is a complete sentence?
Independent
Identify the the independent and dependent clauses of the following sentence.
The bear roared while the salmon flopped.
Ind: The bear roared
Dep: while the salmon flopped
What is a predicate?
The action that occurs (verb).
What are the subjects in the following sentence?
The cheeses and the meats are going to be delicious together.
The cheeses, the meats
What type of clause is the following phrase?
She is at the store
Independent
Identify the independent and dependent clause in the following sentence.
The author, whom I met at the book signing, was very kind.
Ind: The author, was very kind
Dep: whom I met at the book signing
What is an object?
A noun that does not take the action.
What are the predicates in the following sentence?
The children got off the bus and walked into the school.
got off, walked
What type of clause is the following sentence?
Before he naps
Dependent
What makes a compound sentence?
Two clauses joined by a F.A.N.B.O.Y
What does an Imperative sentence not need to be grammatically correct?
A subject (it is implied "you")
What are the subjects and predicates in the following sentence?
Sarah, John, and Paul pointed at the giraffes then walked to see the monkeys.
Sarah, John, Paul
pointed, walked
Identify the both clauses in the following sentence.
When spring arrives, the flowers bloom.
Dep: When spring arrives
Ind: the flowers bloom
Identify the subject(s), predicate(s) and object(s) in the following sentence.
Tom and I walked Katherine's dog and stopped by the park.
Subject: Tom, I
Predicate: walked, stopped
Object: Katherine's dog, park