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The Sentence: What am I?

The Sentence: What am I?. Phrase, Clause, Independent, Dependent. Types of Sentences. Declarative (statement): Mrs. Bevill teaches English at Hamilton High School. Interrogative (question): Where does Mrs. Bevill teach? Imperative (command): Learn these sentences.

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The Sentence: What am I?

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  1. The Sentence:What am I? Phrase, Clause, Independent, Dependent

  2. Types of Sentences Declarative (statement): Mrs. Bevill teaches English at Hamilton High School. Interrogative (question): Where does Mrs. Bevill teach? Imperative (command): Learn these sentences. Exclamatory (strong feeling): Mrs. Bevill is the most exciting and influential teacher!

  3. Phrase or Clause?That is the question! • Phrase: NO subject AND verb • Prepositional phrase: in the store • I found my purse in the store • Verb phrase: Walking into the store, made me realize • Walking into the store made me realize I had forgotten my purse. • Noun phrase: the cold winter season • The cold winter season will bring snow.

  4. Clause (not Santa Claus or claws)A CLAUSE contains a subject AND a verb. Dependent clause: it has a subject and verb BUT does not express a complete thought and CANNOT stand alone as a sentence Independent clause:it has a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought and CAN stand alone

  5. Dependent Clause • A dependent clause usually begins with a subordinating conjunction. • What’s missing? • because I like to play soccer • although I prefer to eat chocolate • before I began my book • where I left my purse

  6. Independent Clause • An independent clause IS a complete sentence! • 1 independent clause is a.k.a. (also known as) a simple sentence. • The dog runs. • I like you. • The students go to the assemblies in the gym.

  7. Compound, Complex and Compound Complex • A compound sentence consists of 2 or more independent (simple) sentences. • They are joined by a coordinating conjunction (and, or, but) punctuation, or both. • I walk to school, and my friends ride the bus. • I said I write poems; I didn’t say I was a poet.

  8. Complex Sentences • A complex sentence contains 1 independent clause and 1 or more dependent clauses. • Mrs. Bevill laughs when she makes a mistake. • Because I like chocolate, I only eat a little so I don’t gain weight. • I wore a jacket todaybecause it’s cold. • I brought my purse so that I can shop.

  9. Compound Complex • A compound-complex sentence consists of two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. • Although I like to go camping, I haven't had the time to go lately, and I haven't found anyone to go with. • We decided that the movie was too violent, but our children, who like to watch scary movies, thought that we were wrong.

  10. Run-on or Fragment???? • It’s a run-on if you have 2 independent clauses BUT: • No conjunction • No punctuation • No punctuation and conjunction • Too many conjunctions • It’s a fragment if: • It’s a lonely dependent clause • It’s missing a subject or verb (just a phrase) • It has neither subject or verb

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