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18 Cards in this Set
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Declarative Sentence |
makes a statement: 1. Jenna went to the park. 2. Mary Lu began to bake the cake. 3. Jonathan likes to play baseball. 4. Jonathan played baseball with Jenna. 5. Jenna and Jonathan arrived home to freshly-baked cake, courtesy of Mary Lu. |
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Action Verb |
tells what the subject has or does |
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Linking Verb |
links the subject to the word in the predicate that describes or identifies the suject |
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Being Verb |
tells what the subject is or feels: their state of being |
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Predicate noun |
renames the subject |
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Predicate adjective |
describes the subject |
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Transitive Verb |
a verb that directs action to a noun or pronoun in the predicate--has a Direct Object |
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Intransitive verb |
verb that doesn't have a Direct Object |
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Direct Object |
tells who or what recieves the action |
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Interrogative sentence |
Asks a question. 1. Do you like baseball, too? 2. Is vanilla your favorite type of cake? 3. Is there a park by your house? 4. What is your favorite thing to do on a summer day? 5. What is your favorite type of cake? |
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Imperative sentence |
A command. 1. Do the dishes. 2. Hand me that wooden spoon. 3. Mix the batter. 4. Keep your eyes on the ball and swing. 5. Come to the store with me to buy some sprinkles. |
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Exclamatory sentence |
shows great feeling or emotion. 1. What a beautiful day for baseball! 2. That cake smells divine! 3. How beautiful the park looks today--all lush and green! 4. How skilled you are at pitching! 5. The sky is remarkably beautiful at sunset! |
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Simple Sentence |
one complete though, has a subject and verb |
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Compound Sentence |
two simple sentences joined by a conjunction |
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Subject |
tells who or what the sentence is about. |
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Conjunctions |
joins two or more words, phrases, and sentences. and, but, or |
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Run-On Sentences |
1. Divide into separate simple sentences Dean looked. He didn't see the flashlight. 2. Rewrite it as a compound sentence with a coordinating conjunction Dean looked but he didn't see the flashlight. 3. Rewrite it as a complex sentence using a subordinating conjunction Although Dean looked, he didn't see the flashlight. |
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Subject-Verb agreeement rules |
1. Plural subjects get plural verbs John and Jane talk to the teacher. 2. singular subjects get singular verbs. Jane talks to the teacher. |
