Sentence Types
A group of words that express a complete thought
What is a Sentence?
A complete thought needs both
What is a Subject and a Predicate?
Two or more predicates with the same subject
What is a Compound Predicate?
A group of words with a subject and a verb
What is a Clause?
You can fix a run-on sentence with
What are Semicolons, Commas, and Periods with a Capital Letter?
Asks a Question
What is an Interrogative Sentence?
Includes all the words that tell whom or what the sentence is about
What is Complete Subject?
Two or more subjects with the same predicate
What is a Compound Subject?
Forms a complete thought and can be a sentence
What is an Independent Clause?
The use of a comma in a run-on sentence that has two main clauses
What is a Comma Splices?
Gives a command
What is an Imperative Sentence?
The main word or words in the complete subject
What is Simple Subject?
Two simple sentences that have been combined with a comma and a conjunction
What is Compound Sentence?
not a complete thought and can not stand as a sentence
What is a Dependent Clause?
Results when two main or independent clauses are joined without correct punctuation or a correct coordinating conjunction
What is a Run-On Sentence?
A statement
What is a Declarative Sentence?
The main word or words in the complete predicate
What is Simple Predicate?
Joins words or groups of words, and adds information; but shows contrast; or gives a choice
What is a Conjunction?
Connects a dependent and independent clause
What is a Subordinating Conjunction?
To correct a comma splice, you have to
What is replacing the Comma with a Period to create 2 Sentences?
A group of words that is punctuated like a sentence, but does not express a complete thought
What is a Fragment?
Has all the words that tell what the subject does or is
What is a Complete Predicate?
Combine subjects or predicates using
What are Either/Or and Neither/Nor?
An independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
What is a Complex Sentence?
You can change the run-on sentence to a compound sentence connected by
What is a Comma and a Coordinating Conjunction?