1. Grammar Bites: Sentences

2. Kinds of Sentences ► Write Declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory to identify each sentence below. ► 1. Have you heard about the horse Clever Hans? ► 2. Could it really count and read? ► 3. Its owner gave signals to the horse. ► 4. What a good trick it was! ► 5. Read an article about the horse.

3. Declarative ► A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period. ► Example:  Edgar Allan Poe wrote suspenseful short stories.

4. Interrogative ► An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark. ► Example:  Did Poe also write poetry?

5. Imperative ► An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period. ► Example:  Read “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

6. Exclamatory ► An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point. ► Example:  What a great writer Poe was!  How I enjoy his stories!

7. Complete Sentences vs. Sentence Fragments ► Every sentence has two parts: a subject and a predicate. Together, they express a complete thought. ► Example:  Emily Dickinson wrote poetry. Emily Dickinson is the subject of the sentence. Wrote poetry is the predicate.

8. Subject vs. Predicate ► The subject part of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about. ► The predicate part of a sentence tells what the subject does or has. It can also tell what the subject is or is like. ► Identify the subject and predicate in each of the following sentences:  A musical is a play set to music.  We saw a musical last week.

9. Sentence Fragments ► A sentence fragment does not express a complete thought. It may also be missing a subject, predicate, or both. ► Examples:  The poems.  Wrote about her emotions.  Of meaning.

10. Practice