Question | Answer |
This includes all words that tell who or what is doing something. | complete sentence |
This is the main word in a complete subject. | simple subject |
This has two or more simple subjects. | compound subject |
This word is used to join two or more simple subjects. | and |
This tells what action the subject does or what the subject is like. | complete predicate |
This is the main word in the complete predicate. | simple predicate |
This has two or more simple predicates. | compounnd predicate |
This has one complete thought. | simple sentence |
This is made up of two or more simple sentences. | compound sentence |
These sentences are usually joined by a comma and the word, and, but, or, nor, for, so, or yet. | compound sentence |
This is a sentence that is not complete. | sentence fragment |
This is two complete sentences that run together. | run-on sentence |
What does a run-on sentence lack | punctuation or a connecting word such as and, but, or or. |
This type of sentence has the subject first, followed by the predicate. | natural word order |
This tells something and ends with a period (.) | declarative sentence |
This asks a questions and ends with a question mark (?) | interrogative sentence |
This shows strong feeling or surprise and ends in an exclamation point (!) | exclamatory sentence |
This tells someone to do something and ends in a period (.) | imperative sentence |
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