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Understanding Sentences: Types and Errors

Learn types of sentences - declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory. Understand sentence fragments and run-on errors, how to fix them for clear writing. Practice identifying and correcting sentences.

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Understanding Sentences: Types and Errors

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  1. Language Network The Sentence and Its Parts

  2. Kinds of Sentences The Sentence and Its Parts Here’s the Idea Why It Matters Practice and Apply

  3. Here’s the Idea Sentence A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

  4. Here’s the Idea A sentence can be used to make a statement, ask a question, make a request, or show strong feeling.

  5. Here’s the Idea A declarative sentence makes a statement.

  6. Here’s the Idea A declarative sentence always ends with a period. I see something weird in that tree. It looks like a gray basketball.

  7. Here’s the Idea An interrogative sentence asks a question.

  8. Here’s the Idea An interrogative sentence always ends with a question mark. What do you think it is? Is it a hornet’s nest?

  9. Here’s the Idea An imperative sentence tells or asks someone to do something.

  10. Here’s the Idea An imperative sentence makes a request or gives a command. It usually ends with a period, but it may end with an exclamation point. Please don’t get too close to it. Be careful!

  11. Here’s the Idea An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling.

  12. Here’s the Idea An exclamatory sentence always ends with an exclamation point. I see hornets flying out! I’m getting out of here!

  13. LITERARY MODEL INTERROGATIVE IMPERATIVE DECLARATIVE Why It Matters Scrooge: . . .Come, come, what is it you want? Don’t waste all day, Nephew. Fred: I only want to wish you a Merry Christmas, Uncle. Don’t be cross. —Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

  14. 1. I found an amusing story in a book of folk humor. Practice and Apply Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.

  15. 2. Was it about a well-known judge who lived in China? Practice and Apply Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.

  16. 3. That’s the one! Practice and Apply Identify the following sentence as declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.

  17. Fragments and Run-Ons The Sentence and Its Parts Here’s the Idea Fragments Run-On Sentences Why It Matters Practice and Apply

  18. Here’s the Idea Sentence fragments and run-on sentences are writing errors that can make your writing difficult to understand.

  19. Here’s the Idea Sentence Fragment A sentence fragment is part of a sentence that is written as if it were a complete sentence.

  20. ADD A SUBJECT Here’s the Idea A sentence fragment might be missing a subject. To correct it, add a subject. Build traditional homes called longhouses. They build

  21. ADD A PREDICATE Here’s the Idea A sentence fragment might be missing a predicate. To correct it, add a predicate. The Rungus people in Malaysia. live in Malaysia.

  22. Here’s the Idea Run-On Sentence A run-on sentence is two or more sentences written as though they were a single sentence.

  23. Here’s the Idea What is wrong with this sentence? The longhouse roof is made of palm leaves, the walls are made of tree bark. The passage is actually two sentences written incorrectly as one.

  24. REVISION The longhouse roof is made of palm leaves, and the walls are made of tree bark. STUDENT MODEL STUDENT MODEL DRAFT The longhouse roof is made of palm leaves, the walls are made of tree bark. Here’s the Idea Combine two sentences using a conjunction. Be sure to use a comma before the conjunction.

  25. REVISION The longhouse roof is made of palm leaves. The walls are made of tree bark. STUDENT MODEL STUDENT MODEL DRAFT The longhouse roof is made of palm leaves, the walls are made of bark. Here’s the Idea Divide a run-on into two complete sentences.

  26. Why It Matters Fragments and run-on sentences can make your writing confusing and difficult to read. If you fix these problems, your writing will read more clearly.

  27. 4. Are cartoons that tell a story. Practice and Apply Rewrite the following fragment as a complete sentence.

  28. 5. Included Superman, Dick Tracy, and Little Orphan Annie. Practice and Apply Rewrite the following fragment as a complete sentence.

  29. 6. The boxes with the scenes are called panels, the spaces with the dialogue are called speech balloons. Practice and Apply Correct this run-on sentence.

  30. 7. Early comic strips were quite popular, many people called them “funnies.” Practice and Apply Correct this run-on sentence.

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