1. THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
THE SENTENCE
THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCK OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

2. A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
***Every sentence has two basic parts.***
Do you know what they are?

3. SUBJECT & PREDICATE
The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
***To find the subject ask whom or what performs the action of the verb.***
The predicate tells information about the subject—what the subject is, what the subject does, or what happens to the subject.

4. EXAMPLE: The old professor read the dusty manuscript. SUBJECT????
PREDICATE????

5. EXAMPLE: The school bus ran a red light on the way to school.
SUBJECT???
PREDICATE???

6. EXAMPLE
My teacher typed at his desk during class.
SUBJECT???
PREDICATE???

7. A group of words that does NOT have both a subject and predicate is called a fragment.
Fragments do NOT express complete thoughts.

8. Frosted the chocolate cake.
EXAMPLES:
The baker.
(what’s missing?)
Frosted the chocolate cake.
In his kitchen.
(What’s missing?)

9. Identify Sentences and Fragments: Write ‘S’ for sentence and ‘F’ for fragment. Circle the subject and underline the complete predicate
James was the guitarist for a garage band.
Yelling at the children in the street.
Far above the snowcapped mountains.
The shark swam silently into the lagoon.
On the table in the corner of the living room.
His dog barked for three hours.
She threw the plastic ball over he fence.
A politician and a lawyer.

10. Identify The SIMPLE Subjects & SIMPLE Predicates:
A ballerina is dancing.
The girl walked.
The floor has been creaking.
The rabbit hid.
Their flowers are growing.
A tree fell.
Songs delight.
The officers talked.
The rain might have stopped.
The birds fly.

11. FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES
There are 4 different types of sentences.
Can you name them?????

12. SENTENCE TYPES:
Declarative
Imperative
Interrogative
Exclamatory

13. DECLARATIVE Makes a statement. It ends with a period.
I’m going to go feed my dog dinner.

14. IMPERATIVE
Gives an order or makes a request. It ends with a period or exclamation point. The subject is usually understood as, ‘you’.
Please feed the dog.
Look in the pantry for her food.
Fill her waterbowl as well.

15. INTERROGATIVE Asks a question. It ends with a question mark.
What time do you feed your dog?

16. Your dog is really hungry!
EXCLAMATORY
Expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point.
Your dog is really hungry!
She inhaled her food!

17. Identify the sentence type:
Can I please get something special for doing so well on my report card

18. I can’t believe my parents bought me a brand new car for getting straight A’s

19. You better keep your grades up

20. I’m a good student, so that won’t be a problem