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Grammar Bites:

Grammar Bites:. Sentences. Kinds of Sentences. Write Declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory to identify each sentence below. 1. Have you heard about the horse Clever Hans? 2. Could it really count and read? 3. Its owner gave signals to the horse. 4. What a good trick it was!

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Grammar Bites:

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  1. Grammar Bites: Sentences

  2. Kinds of Sentences • Write Declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory to identify each sentence below. • 1. Have you heard about the horse Clever Hans? • 2. Could it really count and read? • 3. Its owner gave signals to the horse. • 4. What a good trick it was! • 5. Read an article about the horse.

  3. Declarative • A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. • Example: • Edgar Allan Poe wrote suspenseful short stories.

  4. Interrogative • An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. • Example: • Did Poe also write poetry?

  5. Imperative • An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. • Example: • Read “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

  6. Exclamatory • An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. • Example: • What a great writer Poe was! • How I enjoy his stories!

  7. Complete Sentences vs. Sentence Fragments • Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate. Together, they express a complete thought. • Example: • Emily Dickinson wrote poetry. Emily Dickinson is the subject of the sentence. Wrote poetry is the predicate.

  8. Subject vs. Predicate • The subject part of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about. • The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also tell what the subject is or is like. • Identify the subject and predicate in each of the following sentences: • A musical is a play set to music. • We saw a musical last week.

  9. Sentence Fragments • A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. It may also be missing a subject, predicate, or both. • Examples: • The poems. • Wrote about her emotions. • Of meaning.

  10. Practice

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