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THE SENTENCE

THE SENTENCE. THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. ***Every sentence has two basic parts.*** Do you know what they are?. SUBJECT & PREDICATE. The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.

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THE SENTENCE

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  1. THE SENTENCE THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

  2. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. ***Every sentence has two basic parts.*** Do you know what they are?

  3. SUBJECT & PREDICATE The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. ***To find the subject ask whom or what performs the action of the verb.*** The predicate tells information about the subject—what the subject is, what the subject does, or what happens to the subject.

  4. EXAMPLE: • The old professor read the dusty manuscript. SUBJECT???? PREDICATE????

  5. EXAMPLE: • The school bus ran a red light on the way to school. • SUBJECT??? • PREDICATE???

  6. EXAMPLE • My teacher typed at his desk during class. • SUBJECT??? • PREDICATE???

  7. A group of words that does NOT have both a subject and predicate is called a fragment. Fragments do NOT express complete thoughts.

  8. EXAMPLES: The baker. (what’s missing?) Frosted the chocolate cake. (what’s missing?) In his kitchen. (What’s missing?)

  9. Identify Sentences and Fragments:Write ‘S’ for sentence and ‘F’ for fragment.Circle the subject and underline the complete predicate • James was the guitarist for a garage band. • Yelling at the children in the street. • Far above the snowcapped mountains. • The shark swam silently into the lagoon. • On the table in the corner of the living room. • His dog barked for three hours. • She threw the plastic ball over he fence. • A politician and a lawyer.

  10. Identify The SIMPLE Subjects & SIMPLE Predicates: • A ballerina is dancing. • The girl walked. • The floor has been creaking. • The rabbit hid. • Their flowers are growing. • A tree fell. • Songs delight. • The officers talked. • The rain might have stopped. • The birds fly.

  11. FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES • There are 4 different types of sentences. • Can you name them?????

  12. SENTENCE TYPES: • Declarative • Imperative • Interrogative • Exclamatory

  13. DECLARATIVE • Makes a statement. It ends with a period. I’m going to go feed my dog dinner.

  14. IMPERATIVE • Gives an order or makes a request. It ends with a period or exclamation point. The subject is usually understood as, ‘you’. Please feed the dog. Look in the pantry for her food. Fill her waterbowl as well.

  15. INTERROGATIVE • Asks a question. It ends with a question mark. What time do you feed your dog?

  16. EXCLAMATORY • Expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. Your dog is really hungry! She inhaled her food!

  17. Identify the sentence type: Can I please get something special for doing so well on my report card

  18. I can’t believe my parents bought me a brand new car for getting straight A’s

  19. You better keep your grades up

  20. I’m a good student, so that won’t be a problem

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