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Sentences
sentences : stories
players : football team
cast members : play
4 kinds of sentences
• Declarative
– Basic statement.
• Interrogative
– Asks a question?
• Exclamatory
– Expresses strong feeling!
• Imperative
– A demand! or a request.
Did you see the new Twilight
movie, Eclipse? Well, I did, and I
though it was terrible! For one
thing, the girl who plays Bella
can’t act. She only has one facial
expression—a bored pout. The
boys aren’t much better. But
then again, what are they
supposed to do with lines like,
“Yeah, but I’m hotter than you”?
Sentences vs.
Sentence Fragments
A Sentence must have 2
things:
•Subject (who or
what)
•Verb (action or
being)
Examples of Subjects
• Nouns
– People
– Places
– Things
– Ideas
• Verbs
– Action verbs
– Being verbs
– Other
helping and
linking verbs
Verbs
• Action Verbs
– Run
– Undergo
– Change
– Play
– Participate
– Bark
– Read
• Being Verbs
– Be
– Am
– Is
– Are
– Was
– were
Examples of complete
sentences
• Many students hate
homework.
• Skylar and Amy participate
in UIL.
• That student is always late.
• Some seventh graders are in
Mrs. Perdomo’s English class.
Chapter 8.4
Identifying the
Subject
Most sentences begin
with the subject
Megan Fox is beautiful.
Megan Fox is beautiful.
Sometimes the subject is not at
the beginning:
Questions
There Are…
There Is…
Here Are…
Here is…
Implied (you) in imperatives
Questions
Are some trees too small?
Do some boys like to swim?
Can I go to the movies?
Here’s the trick:
Are some trees too small?
Some trees are too small.
Are some trees too small?
You try:
Do some boys like to swim?
Some boys do like to swim.
Do some boys like to swim?
You try:
Can I go to the movies?
I can go to the movies.
Can I go to the movies?
Another type of predicate:
•There is…
•There are…
•Here is…
•Here are…
There is a boy who likes to swim.
There are some boys who like to swim.
Here is a boy who likes to swim.
Here are some boys who like to swim.
Imperatives:
Implied (you)
(You) Put away your backpack.
(You) Think for yourself.
(You) Set goals for success.
Review
Most of the time, the
subject is found at the
beginning
____________
of the
sentence.
When you have a question…
• The subject is found in
middle
the ________.
• You can change the
question into a sentence to
make it easier to find the
_________________.
subject and predicate
Special types of predicates
are found at the beginning
of the sentence.
1.
2.
3.
4.
There is…
There are…
Here is…
Here are…
Compound Subjects
Compound Predicates
Compound Subjects
• Sometimes, there is more
than one person or thing
that is the subject of the
sentence
• The compound subject will
be joined by and, or, nor.
Compound Subjects Using
AND
Harry Potter and Hermione
Granger are best friends.
Harry Potter and Hermione
Granger are best friends.
Compound subjects using AND
always take a plural verb
Harry and Hermione like
school.
• They like school
• They likes school
Compound Subjects Using
OR
Either Mrs. Holcomb or Mr.
Johnson is giving a test today.
Either Mrs. Holcomb or Mr.
Johnson is giving a test today.
Compound subjects using OR
sometimes take a plural verb
Either a spiral or several pieces
of paper are needed for class.
Either several pieces of paper or
a spiral is needed for class.
Use the subject closest to the
verb.
Compound Subjects Using
NOR
Neither Mrs. P. nor Mrs. Hamilton
likes to give homework.
Neither Mrs. P nor Mrs. Hamilton
likes to give homework.
Compound subjects using NOR
sometimes take a plural verb
Neither blue hair nor tank tops
are permitted by the dress
code.
Neither tank tops nor blue hair is
permitted by the dress code.
Use the subject closest to the
verb.
Compound Predicates—
2 times the action!
Superman flies around and
protects the people.
Harry Potter fights Voldemort
and saves the day!
More examples:
Hermione cares about her
friends and tries to give them
good advice.
Mrs. Perdomo likes dogs but
dislikes cats.
Do you want play video games
or do your homework?
Compound subject +
compound predicate
Ron and Harry play Quidditch and
study for their exams.
Mrs. Hendrix and Mrs. Perdomo
teach Honors students and give
them homework.
Review:
• Roses and tulips are Mrs.
Perdomo’s favorite flowers.
• The students ran to class
and sat down before the bell.
• The students and the
teachers trained hard for
UIL and won the competition.
Chapter 8.6
Compound Sentences
Compound Sentences
Complete sentence
+
Complete sentence
Complete Sentence Review
A complete
sentence has both
subject
a ___________
verb
and a _________.
To join two sentences:
• Use a comma and
a FANBOYS
OR
• Use a semi-colon ;
COMMA +
FOR
AND
NOR
BUT
OR
YET
SO
Compound Sentences
Examples:
Mrs. Perdomo was sick
today, so a substitute
taught us.
Mrs. Perdomo was sick
today; a substitute taught
us.
Run-Ons: The Big No-No
Incorrect: Dogs should not
eat homework, students get
in trouble.
Correct: Dogs should not eat
homework, for students get
in trouble.
Can you find the run-on?
The most unexpected thing that ever
happened to me was when I got to go to
Disney World in Orlando, Florida. That
morning, I woke up and took a shower
like usual and then I went to eat my
breakfast and my mom told me that she
had a surprise. I couldn’t believe it. My
mom never surprises me. She just kept
looking at me with a weird smile on her
face, so finally I asked her what the
surprise was. “We are going to Disney
World!” she yelled.