a sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought; it is an independent clause that...

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought; it is an independent clause that contains a subject and a verb.

•A sentence must express a complete thought.

Think about that for a moment. In order to be a correct

sentence, it must express a complete thought. What

do we mean by complete?

•To be a complete thought, a sentence needs a

subject, and a verb.

•Subject: who or what the sentence is about.

•Verb: describes the subject; actions, states of being,

or events. The verb (and all the other words that come

after the subject) is called the predicate.

A Sentence…

To identify the subject of a sentence, ask yourself "who or what is doing the action?"

To identify the verb in a sentence, ask yourself "what is the action?" or "what is being done here?" In some sentences, though,

the verb is a "state of being." The verb "to be" in all its forms is an example of this.

Subject

Verb

1. Declarative: makes a statement, and ends with a

period. I sing a lovely song.

2. Interrogative: asks a question, and ends with a question

mark. Did I sing a lovely song?

3. Imperative: gives a command or makes a request, and

ends with a period or an exclamation point. (an, etc.)

Sing a song for us now.

4. Exclamatory: shows a strong emotion of some kind,

i.e., pleasure, anger, fears strong feeling or emotion. He

sang a lovely song ! (he = the subject; sang = past tense

of the verb "sing"; sang a lovely song = the predicate)

Remember: a complete sentence must have a subject and

a verb:

Type…Declarative

Type…Imperative

Type…Interrogative

Type…Exclamatory

The eight parts of speech are the pieces of language that make up correct sentence structure. They are noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

The Eight Parts of Speech

1. NounsA noun is a naming word. A noun may name a person, place, thing or idea.2. VerbsA verb is either an action word or a state-of-being-word.3. AdjectivesAn adjective describes or modifies a noun. 4. PronounsPronouns take the place of nouns. 5. AdverbsAdverbs tell about verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Adverbs add meaning or intensity to verbs. Adverbs tell how, when or where about a verb.6. PrepositionsPropositions show position or how things go together. 7. ConjunctionsConjunctions are joining words. 8. InterjectionsInterjections express strong or sudden feeling. They are not needed to complete a sentence.

Eight Parts of Speech Definitions

•Upper case letter at the beginning •Spaces between words •Left-to-right progression of writing •Punctuation at the end of each sentence •Sounding out words •Neatness •Does the sentence make sense?

When students write sentences, there are many parts the

standards state must be present: