1. Kinds of Sentences Notes

2. Punctuation Marks Periods (.) Exclamation Points (!)
Question Marks (?)

3. Declarative Sentences
Makes a statement or tells something
Ends with a period (.)
Examples
When the chef cut the onion, he had tears in his eyes.
My new bike is so slow.

4. Interrogative Sentences
Asks a question
Ends with a question mark (?)
Examples
Jack, are you alright?
Do you like my new shoes?

5. Imperative Sentences Gives a command Ends with a period (.) OR
exclamation point (!)
Examples
Hold on tight!
Please hold your head up.
Go to the store.

6. Exclamatory Sentences
Expresses a strong feeling
Ends with an exclamation point (!)
Examples
My new bike is so fast!
That dog is amazing!

7. Interjections Examples:
Word or group of words that express a strong feeling.
Capitalize an interjection that stands alone.
Use exclamation point after an interjection that stands alone.
Use a comma after an interjection if it begins a sentence.
Examples:
Oops!
Oops, I dropped it!
Oh boy!
Oh boy, that’s hot!
Wow!
Wow, that truck is huge!
Gosh!
Gosh, I’m tired!

8. Subjects and Predicates Notes

9. The subject tells whom or what the sentence in about.

10. Complete Subject
All the words in the subject are the complete subject. Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.

11. Simple Subject
The most important word in the complete subject is the simple subject. Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.

12. The predicate tells what the subject is or does.

13. Complete Predicate
All the words in the predicate are the complete predicate. Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.

14. Simple Predicate
The most important word in the predicate is the simple predicate. Example: My favorite neighbor lives in a big house.

15. Fragment
A fragment is a group of words that lacks a subject or a predicate. Example: Came to my house. (Missing a subject…Who came to my house?)

16. Run-on
A run-on is two or more complete sentences that run together. Example: Mrs. Curtis’s has a new car her car is red and beautiful.

17. Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates Notes

18. Simple Subject One subject with the same predicate. Example
I ran to the store.

19. Compound Subjects Two subjects with the same predicate. Example
Mom and I ran to the store.

20. Simple Predicate
One predicate with the same subject.
Example
I ate last night.

21. Compound Predicates Two predicates with the same subject. Example
I ate and studied last night.