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Kinds of Sentences
Subjects and Predicates
Simple vs. Compound vs. Complex
Conjunctions
Fragments and Run-Ons
100
List the four kinds of sentences (hint: the punctuation can often give away what kind of sentence it is).
What are declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
100
The subject of the following sentence: "Rachel works at Ralph Lauren."
What is Rachel.
100
Label the following sentence as simple or compound: "Margaret ordered nachos."
What is simple.
100
Define conjunction.
What is a word that joins words or groups of words.
100
Define fragment.
What is any word group that does not have both a subject and a predicate or does not express a complete thought.
200
"Did you watch the Bulls game last night?" is a(n) ___________ sentence.
What is interrogative.
200
The predicate of the following sentence: "Janice called Chandler to set up their coffee date."
What is called.
200
Label the following sentence as simple or compound: "Natalie did her homework, but she failed the quiz."
What is compound.
200
____ is the conjunction in the following sentence: "Ms. Tremaglio cleaned the kitchen, vacuumed the floor, and put away the groceries."
What is "and."
200
Define run-on.
What is consists of two or more sentences that are run together with commas or without any punctuation.
300
"Michael ate a Crunchwrap Supreme." is an example of what kind of sentence?
What is declarative.
300
You would draw a vertical line between these words in the following sentence to separate the complete subject from the complete predicate: "Many scary movies have creepy music to build suspense."
What is between "movies" and "have".
300
The independent clause of this complex sentence: "When Ms. Goldrick goes to the mall, she spends a lot of money."
What is "she spends a lot of money."
300
List the conjunction(s) in the sentence, and the specific type of conjunction that it is in the following sentence: "Mark was late, but he brought a doctor's note with him to mark his tardiness as an excused absence."
What is "but" is a coordinating conjunction.
300
Label the item as either a fragment, run-on, or a sentence: "If you go to Chipotle."
What is fragment.
400
Rewrite the sentence to make it imperative: "You shouldn't go to the movies!"
What is "Don't go to the movies."
400
List the compound subjects and compound predicates of the following sentence: "Kim, Kourtney, and Khloe went to Lamar's game and sat with Kanye."
What is the compound subject is "Kim, Kourtney and Khloe", and the compound predicate is "went" and "sat".
400
The subordinate clause of the following complex sentence: "When Ms. Oliver gave the quiz, the students shouted 'hooray!'."
What is "When Ms. Oliver gave the quiz"
400
List the conjunction(s), and the specific type of conjunction that it is: "Whether it is sunny or raining we will still go to the aquarium."
What is "whether" and "or" are correlative conjunctions.
400
Label the item as either a fragment, run-on, or sentence: "A mixture of lettuce and dressing makes a salad, it is good for you."
What is run-on.
500
Rewrite the following sentence to make it interrogative: "George walked home from school."
What is "Did George walk home from school?"
500
Rewrite the sentence to include another subject and another predicate to make a compound subject and predicate: "John played guitar."
What is "John and Katy played guitar and recorded a song."
500
What is the subordinate clause of the following complex sentence, and what is the subordinating conjunction: "Ms. Philbin gets iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts after she drops off her bag in the morning."
What is the subordinate clause is "after she drops off her bag in the morning," and the subordinating conjunction is "after."
500
List the type of sentence (compound or complex), the conjunction, and the type of conjunction in the following sentence: "When you visit New Bedford, you can go to the Whaling Museum."
What is complex sentence, the conjunction is "when" and it is a subordinating conjunction.
500
Label the item as either a fragment or a run-on. Rewrite the description to make it a correct sentence: "When you are at the grocery store."
What is "When you are at the grocery store, you can buy many different kinds of food."