Read the following. 1.Very long ago 2.The horse looked himself over 3.Faster than any other animals 4.What changes do you wish me to make 5.Because he said nothing 6.The horse shook with fear

Phrases vs. Sentences Grade

Phrase group of words that has an incomplete idea/thought Examples: 1. In the dawn of the world 2. On his way home 3. When she saw all this

Sentence group of words that has a complete idea/thought Examples: 1.In the dawn of the world, the Earth did not exist. 2.He met a demon on his way home. 3.When he saw all this, he felt more envious of Sualla’s work.

Sentence has BOTH the subject (who or what is being talked about) and the predicate (what the subject did; action or linking verb with descriptions)

Sentence has BOTH the subject (who or what is being talked about) and the predicate (what the subject did; action or linking verb with descriptions) Examples: 1.The gods of Olympus summoned Percy. 2. Grover is his best friend.

Sentence Subject: A noun (person, place, thing, idea) or pronoun (I, you, he, she, it, they, we) Predicate: an action (swims, runs, gave, brought) or a linking verb with descriptions (am ____, is the _______, was our ______, are in ______, were _______)

My favorite color This is not a sentence because it contains no verb. Walking very slowly This is not a sentence because it contains no noun. On the tableThis is not a sentence because it contains neither a verb nor a subject. REMEMBER: Both subject and predicate must be present to form a sentence.

Group exercise: Read the following groups of words. Are they sentences or phrases? 1. Mr. Brunner, our Latin teacher and my number one supporter. 2. Mr. Brunner, our Latin teacher, arranged a field trip for the class. 3. Mrs. Dodds attacked me. 4. Suddenly changed and flew towards me. 5. She is a monster!

6. A real nasty and horrific surprise! 7. She had disappeared again 8. My knees were like jelly. 9. The bronze sword with its shiny blade. 10. Passed clean through her body as if she were made of water. 11. I think I’m imagining things! 12. My teacher did not tell me anything.