Sentence or not?
Today is a very sunny day
sentence!
Have you ever seen the Pacific Ocean
question
What is the complete predicate?
Childen play baseball on Sunday.
play baseball on Sunday
James did the research. John did the research.
James and John did the research.
The tortoise lives in sandy deserts, it can live 50 to 80 years.
run on
The dog and the cat.
Not a sentence!
The heavy rain made the rivers overflow
statement
What is the simple predicate? The hungry lion growled from its cage.
growled
I hike in the forest. I walk along the beach.
I hike in the forest and walk long the beach.
Gila monsters find shade under rocks, or they did burrows.
compound.
I always have orange juice with breakfast.
Sharpen your pencil, Matthew
command
What is the simple subject?
The soup boiled in the pot.
soup
Machines make work easier. Machines help get more work.
Machines make work easier and help get more work done.
Cactus werns live in thorny shrubs, they eat mostly insects.
run on
run fast
not a sentence
I can't believe we are at Disney World
exclamation
What is the complete subject?
The 3rd graders passed the test
The 3rd graders
A lever needs a fulcrum. A lever requires force.
A lever needs a fulcrum and requires force.
Ms. McElroy passed out the test and told the students to write their names on it.
compound