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Types of Sentences
Complete vs. Simple
Inverted Order
Conjunctions
Fragment and Run-Ons
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A sentence that makes a statement and ends in a period.
What is a DECLARATIVE sentence?
100
The simple subject and simple predicate of this sentence: The sport of ice skating is much older than roller skating.
What are sport and is.
100
This is the definition of INVERTED ORDER?
What is when the subject of the sentence follows all or part of the predicate?
100
This conjunction makes the most sense in the following sentence: Oranges can be hard to peel, ______ tangerines peel easily.
What is but?
100
This is a correction for this sentence fragment: Makes important decisions for our nation.
What is Congress makes important decisions for our nation.
200
A type of sentence that gives a command and can end in either a period or an exclamation point.
What is an IMPERATIVE sentence?
200
The complete subject and complete predicate of this sentence: The sport of ice skating is much older than roller skating.
What are SUBJECT: the sport of ice skating PREDICATE: is much older than roller skating
200
This is the simple subject of the following sentence: On the next corner is a blue house.
What is house?
200
These are the three coordinating conjunctions.
What are and, but, or?
200
This is the definition of a fragment.
What is a sentence that does not express a complete thought or does not have both a subject and a predicate?
300
A type of sentence that asks a question and end with a question mark.
What is an INTERROGATIVE sentence?
300
This is all of the words that make up what the sentence is about.
What is the COMPLETE SUBJECT?
300
This is the simple subject of the following sentence: Should I write the directions on a sheet of paper?
What is I?
300
These conjunctions show a strong connection between two parts of a sentence and come in pairs.
What are CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS?
300
This is the definition of a run-on sentence.
What is a sentence where clauses run together because of incorrect punctuation?
400
A sentence that shows extreme emotion and ends with an exclamation point.
What is an EXCLAMATORY sentence?
400
This is the simple subject and predicate of this sentence: The new piece of machinery lowered the cost of production.
What are piece and lowered?
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This is the simple subject of this sentence: Walk down to the store and buy a drink.
What is (You)?
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These conjunctions make the most sense filling in the blanks in the following sentence: ________ lemons ________ limes are high in calories.
What are neither / nor?
400
This is a correction for this sentence: Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930, then went to Howard University Law School.
What is Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930, and then went to Howard University Law School. Marshall graduated from Lincoln University in 1930. Then he went to Howard University Law School.
500
This sentence must end with this type of punctuation: Go do your homework right now
What is a period or an exclamation point?
500
This is what or who the sentence is about does, has, is, or feels.
What is the PREDICATE?
500
This is the simple subject of this sentence: Just past the tree is a playground.
What is playground?
500
These conjunctions introduce a clause that has a subject and predicate but cannot stand alone as its own sentence.
What are SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS?
500
This is a complete form of this fragment: Thurgood Marshall born in Baltimore in 1908.
What is Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore in 1908. (?)