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20 Cards in this Set
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declarative sentence |
a sentence that makes a statement ends in a period |
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interrogative sentence |
sentence asks a question ends with a question mark |
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imperative sentence |
sentences that gives a command or makes a request ends in a period |
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exclamatory sentence |
a sentence that shows excitement or strong feelings - ends in an exclamation point |
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subject |
tells whom or what |
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predicate |
tells what the subject does, is, has or feels |
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complete subject |
all the words in the subject |
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complete predicate |
all the words in the predicates |
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simple subject |
the main word (or words) in a complete subject |
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simple predicate |
the main word (or words) in the complete predicate |
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The subject of an imperative sentence is always "you" |
(You) Please call a taxi for me. |
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Interrogative Sentence, the subject is always stated but it does not begin the sentence |
The taxi will get to the airport on time |
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Compound subject |
When a sentence has two or more simple subjects joined by the connecting word "and" or "or" the subject is called a compound subject |
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Compound predicate |
When a sentence has two or more simple predicates joined by a connecting word such as "and or "or" the predicate is a compound predicate |
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Compound sentence |
Two simple sentences combined
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Coordinating Conjunctions |
connecting words "and" "or" and "but" that join sentences that are equal |
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Subordinating conjunctions |
Connecting words like "before", "after" to make one part of the sentence less important than the other part |
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Complex sentence |
Simple sentences that are joined by a word that does not include "and" "or" and "but" - uses words like after, because, since, unless, whenever, until, while, as, if |
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Sentence fragment |
a sentence that is missing either a subject, a predicate or both of them
(About a summer job) |
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Run on |
two or more sentences with commas or without any punctuation.
(Uncle Frank is a write Aunt Jill is one too) |
