Kinds of Sentences


A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period.
Example: Edgar Allen Poe is a very famous poet.
English is my favorite subject.

An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.
Example: Do you know what time the game starts today?
Did you hear what happened in Mrs. Stapp’s class?

An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period or an exclamation point.
Example: Jog down to the track and complete your workout.
Look at Cindy run!

An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point.
Example: What a great game that was!


Sentences & Subjects/Predicates


Compound subject- consists of two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. The subjects may be joined by and, or, both…and, either…or, neither…nor.

Compound predicate- consists of two or more simple predicates, or verbs, that have the same subject. The verbs may be connected by and, or, but, both…and, either…or, neither…nor.

Simple sentence- has one subject and one predicate


Compound sentence- sentence that contains two or more simple sentences joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or) or by a semicolon.


Run-on sentence- when two or more sentences are incorrectly written as one sentence



Conjunctions and Interjections


A coordinating conjunction is a word used to connect compound parts of a sentence.

Coordinating conjunctions: FANBOYS

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Correlative conjunctions are pairs of words used to connect compound parts of a sentence.

Correlative conjunctions: both…and, either…or,
neither…nor, not only…but also

An interjection is a word or group of words that expresses emotion. They can end with an exclamation mark or a comma.

Wow! Did you see that catch?
Hey, how was your Thanksgiving?

Common interjections: ah, good grief, aha, hey,
hooray, ouch, oh no, oops, wow, ugh, whew



Prepositions
aboard on
about onto
above outside
across over
after past
against since
along through
among throughout
around to
at toward
before under
beside underneath
below until
beneath up
beside upon
between with
beyond within
by without
down
during
except
for
from
in
inside
into
like
near
of
off