Types of Sentences
What type of sentence ends in an exclamation point?
Exclamation
What is the subject in this sentence? Swans floated on the late.
Swans
What is the predicate in this sentence: My mom smiled at me.
smiled at me.
Compound or not a compound: I love to play soccer after school.
Not a compound
Complex or not complex: The theater was crowded, and we waited an hour for our tickets.
Not complex
What type of sentence is this: Please water the plants next week.
What is the subject in this sentence: Many stars lit up the night sky.
Many stars
What is the predicate in this sentence: Some elephants drank at the water hole.
drank at the water hole.
Combine the two sentences into a compound sentence: I put the quarter in my pocket. Mmy pocket had a hole in it.
I put the quarter in my pocket, but my pocket had a hole in it.
What is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence: The puppy cannot be adopted until it has its shots.
until
What punctuation does a statement end with?
A period
What is the subject in this sentence: The children read stories at the library.
The children
What is the predicate in this sentence: The fruit tasted sweet.
tasted sweet
The people on the boat waved to us, and we waved back.
What is this sentence missing? Although many people love to eat peanuts most do not know peanuts are a fruit.
A comma
Although many people love to eat peanuts, most do not know peanuts are a fruit.
What is the difference between a sentence and a fragment?
Where can you find the subject in a sentence?
The subject usually comes at the beginning of a sentence.
The predicate usually follows the subject of a sentence.
What is this sentence missing? My parents pick a movie and I like their choice.
A comma (,)
Where can you find a subordinating conjunction?
The beginning or middle of a sentence
What does a sentence need to always start and end with?
What is a subject in a sentence?
The subject is the part of a sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is the predicate in a sentence?
The predicate tells what the subject does or is.
The joining words and or but are called what?
Coordinating conjunctions
After, although, and because are examples of what?