IS IT A SENTENCE?Writer’s Workshop: Simple sentences

HOW DO I KNOW A sentence must have a subject and verb Ask yourself “Who or what did or is

something?” That is your subject.

Ex. My hair wakes up stupid. Who or what is the sentence about? …My hair

My hair is the subject, now what is the verb Ask yourself, “ What are they or what did

they do?” That is your verb.

Ex. My hair wakes up stupid. What does my hair do? …wakes

PLEASE NOTE Fragments are missing a subject or

verb Do not assume that a capital letter and

a period make a sentence complete Ing form of a verb does not make a

sentence. Ex. Students read. (sentence)

Students reading. (not a sentence)

YOU TRY IT My sweat smells like peanut butter. Who or what did or is something? My sweat What are they or what did they do? Smells My sweat smells. Is that a sentence? Yes!

MORE PRACTICE Jeff sighed. Is that a sentence? Yeppers!

Homework link C:\Users\Phylissa\Documents\technolog

y\sentence worksheet.docx