Sentences

SentencesA Review of Sentence Types and Their Punctuation

MacMillan/McGraw-Hill Treasures4th Grade Unit 1 Week 1

Created by Teresa Wilson Desert Palms Elem. June 2010

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.ExamplesI walked to my friends house.I like chocolate ice cream.I am nine years old.Chad has a blue balloon.

A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.Examplesto my friends houselikes chocolate ice creamnine years oldwanted to go swimming

Every sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.I walked to my friends house.I like chocolate ice cream.I am nine years old.Chris won a goldfish.

Lets Practice!Is the following a sentence or a fragment?Her lunch bag is missing.

Sentence

Fragment

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Another one!The cat is hungry.

Sentence

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Another one!because he likes tuna fish

Sentence

Fragment

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Another one! ate a worm

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There are 4 kinds of sentences.Can you name them?

StatementA statement is a sentence that tells something.

It ends with a period.

I like to go swimming.

QuestionA question is a sentence that asks something.

It ends with a question mark.

Is there a lifeguard on duty?

CommandA command tells someone to do something.

It ends with a period or an exclamation point.

Come on in. The water is nice.

ExclamationAn exclamation expresses surprise, excitement, or strong feeling.

It ends with an exclamation point.

Watch out!

Lets Practice!Which type of sentence is the following?I am starving

statement

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commandexclamation

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I am starving.can be aSTATEMENT

Way to go! You got it!

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I am starving!can be anEXCLAMATION

Another one!Are you allergic to cats

statement

question

commandexclamation

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Are you allergic to cats?is a QUESTION

Another one!Kittens are playful

statement

question

commandexclamation

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Kittens are playful.is a STATEMENT

Another one!Choose the one you want

statement

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commandexclamation

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Choose the one you want.is a COMMAND

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