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Kinds of Sentences Notes
Punctuation Marks
Periods (.)Exclamation Points (!)
Question Marks (?)
Declarative Sentences– Makes a statement or tells something
– Ends with a period (.) Examples
1. When the chef cut the onion, he had
tears in his eyes.
2. My new bike is so slow.
Interrogative Sentences
• Asks a question
• Ends with a question mark (?) Examples
1.Jack, are you alright?
2.Do you like my new shoes?
Imperative Sentences• Gives a command• Ends with a period (.) OR
exclamation point (!) Examples
1. Hold on tight!
2. Please hold your head up.
3. Go to the store.
Exclamatory Sentences• Expresses a strong feeling
• Ends with an exclamation point (!) Examples
1. My new bike is so fast!
2. That dog is amazing!
Interjections• Word or group of words that express a strong feeling. • Capitalize an interjection that stands alone.• Use exclamation point after an interjection that
stands alone.• Use a comma after an interjection if it begins a
sentence.
Examples: 1.Oops!2.Oops, I dropped it!3.Oh boy!4.Oh boy, that’s hot!5.Wow!6.Wow, that truck is huge!7.Gosh!8.Gosh, I’m tired!
Subjects and
PredicatesNotes
SubjectThe subject tells whom
or what the sentence in about.
Complete Subject All the words in the
subject are the complete subject.
Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.
Simple Subject The most important word in the complete subject is the
simple subject. Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.
Predicate
The predicate tells what the subject
is or does.
Complete Predicate All the words in the
predicate are the complete predicate.
Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.
Simple PredicateThe most important word
in the predicate is the simple predicate.
Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.
FragmentA fragment is a group of words
that lacks a subject or a predicate.
Example: Came to my house. (Missing a subject…Who came to my house?)
Run-on A run-on is two or more complete sentences that
run together. Example: Mrs. Curtis’s has a new car her car is red and beautiful.
Compound Subjects and Compound
PredicatesNotes
Simple Subject
•One subject with the same predicate. •Example–I ran to the store.
Compound Subjects
•Two subjects with the same predicate. •Example–Mom and I ran to the store.
Simple Predicate•One predicate with the same subject. •Example–I ate last night.
Compound Predicates
•Two predicates with the same subject. •Example–I ate and studied last night.