Download Five Parts Of a Complete Sentence Capital Letters

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The first word of a complete sentence must
start with a capital letter.
Even if a sentence has the other four
requirements.
It HAS to have a capital letter at the beginning.
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The subject of a complete sentence is who or what
the sentence is about.
The subject of a sentence is always a noun or a
pronoun, however, it is important to note that
while the subject is always a noun or a pronoun, a
noun or pronoun is not always the subject.
Sentence fragments and incomplete sentences can
lack subjects, as in the following examples:
Went to the store.
Drove very quickly.
Under the stairs.
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It is the action or what is going on in the
sentence.
It’s always a verb, however it is important to
take note that it will always be a verb.
Keep the linking verbs in mind: are, is, am,
was, and were.
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A sentence is incomplete if it does not contain a
complete thought.
“The car drove” is an example of an incomplete
sentence because it does not contain a main
idea.
The example contains a subject car , a predicate
– drove a capital letter and terminal
punctuation but without the complete thought
it is not a complete thought.
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A complete sentence is not complete without
terminal (ending) punctuation.
There are 3 types of terminal punctuation.
Period, Question mark, Exclamation point