Download A sentence must express a complete thought.

A sentence is a group of words that
expresses a complete thought; it is
an independent clause that
contains a subject and a verb.
•A sentence must express a complete thought. Think about
that for a moment. In order to be a correct sentence, it must
express a complete thought. What do we mean by complete?
•To be a complete thought, a sentence needs a subject, and a
verb.
•Subject: who or what the sentence is about.
•Verb: describes the subject; actions, states of being, or events.
The verb (and all the other words that come after the subject)
is called the predicate.
To identify the subject of a sentence, ask
yourself "who or what is doing the action?"
To identify the verb in a sentence, ask
yourself "what is the action?" or "what is
being done here?" In some sentences, though,
the verb is a "state of being." The verb "to
be" in all its forms is an example of this.
1. Declarative: makes a statement, and ends with a period. I sing a lovely
song.
2. Interrogative: asks a question, and ends with a question mark. Did I
sing a lovely song?
3. Imperative: gives a command or makes a request, and ends with a
period or an exclamation point. (an, etc.) Sing a song for us now.
4. Exclamatory: shows a strong emotion of some kind, i.e., pleasure,
anger, fears strong feeling or emotion. He sang a lovely song ! (he = the
subject; sang = past tense of the verb "sing"; sang a lovely song = the
predicate)
Remember: a complete sentence must have a subject and a verb:
Type…Declarative
Type…Imperative
Type…Interrogative
Type…Exclamatory
The eight parts of speech are the
pieces of language that make up
correct sentence structure. They are
noun, pronoun, verb, adverb,
adjective, preposition, conjunction,
and interjection.
1. Nouns
A noun is a naming word. A noun may name a person, place, thing or idea.
2. Verbs
A verb is either an action word or a state-of-being-word.
3. Adjectives
An adjective describes or modifies a noun.
4. Pronouns
Pronouns take the place of nouns.
5. Adverbs
Adverbs tell about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Adverbs add meaning or
intensity to verbs. Adverbs tell how, when or where about a verb.
6. Prepositions
Propositions show position or how things go together.
7. Conjunctions
Conjunctions are joining words.
8. Interjections
Interjections express strong or sudden feeling. They are not needed to complete a
sentence.
When students write sentences, there
are many parts the standards state must
be present:
•Upper case letter at the beginning
•Spaces between words
•Left-to-right progression of writing
•Punctuation at the end of each sentence
•Sounding out words
•Neatness
•Does the sentence make sense?