Kinds of Sentences
What kind of sentence is the following?
What is lava?
-declarative
-interrogative
-imperative
-exclamatory
interrogative
What tells whom or what the sentence is about?
Subject
Most times the simple subject and simple predicate are only one word.
True or false?
True
Where would you put the comma in the following compound sentence?
Pets are not allowed at the zoo but guide dogs are permitted.
Pets are not allowed at the zoo, but guide dogs are permitted.
True of false.
The only way to fix a run-on is by making two separate sentences.
false; you can also make it into a compound sentence
What kind of sentence is the following?
Wow, a lava flow looks so dangerous!
-declarative
-interrogative
-imperative
-exclamatory
exclamatory
What tells what the subject does or is?
predicate
The complete subject is in italics. What is the simple subject?
The two women traveled around the world.
women
Is the following sentence, simple, compound, or complex?
After we made the last turn, we reached the mountain.
complex
Is the following a sentence, fragment, or run-on?
A storm cellar gives the best protection from a tornado a basement is the next safest place.
run-on
What kind of sentence is the following?
On famous volcano is Mount Vesuvius in Italy.
-declarative
-interrogative
-imperative
-exclamatory
declarative
The part in italics is the complete _____________.
Ben needed two pair of eyeglasses.
complete predicate
The complete predicate is in italics. What is the simple predicate?
Many immigrants crossed the ocean by steamship.
crossed
Is the following sentence, simple, compound, or complex?
Never extend fingers and arms through fences.
simple
Is the following a sentence, fragment, or run-on?
The National Weather Service.
What kind of sentence is the following?
Please leave the area immediately.
-declarative
-interrogative
-imperative
-exclamatory
imperative
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
Benjamin Franklin's inventions are part of our everyday lives.
Benjamin Franklin's inventions
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
Huge numbers of immigrants came to New York City.
immigrants
Where would you put a comma in the following sentence?
Although some have small hills plains are mostly flat.
Although some have small hills, plains are mostly flat.
Is the following a sentence, fragment, or run-on?
Warns people about tornadoes.
fragment
What kind of sentence is the following? What punctuation should it have?
What an incredible sight that is
-declarative
-interrogative
-imperative
-exclamatory
!
exclamatory
What is the complete predicate in the following sentence?
This busy scientist tested one idea in a pond.
tested one idea in a pond.
What is the simple predicate in the following sentence?
Over a million people visit the museum each year.
visit
Make the following into a compound sentence.
Conditions must be just right in a zoo. Animals get sick. (or)
Conditions must be just right in a zoo, or animals get sick.
Fix the following run-on.
He loved to draw pictures he loved baseball.
He loved to draw pictures. He loved baseball
or
He loved to draw pictures, and he loved baseball.