English 8.1-8.3

A group of words that express a complete thought

A sentence

makes a statement and ends with a period

declarative sentence

asks a question and ends with a question mark

interrogative sentence

expresses strong feelings and ends in an exclamation point

exclamatory

gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period

Imperative

All sentences end with a what?

Punctuation mark

All sentences begin with a what?

Capital letter

The... of a sentence names whom or what the sentence is about

Subject

The... of the sentence tells what the subject is or is like

Predicate

Is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and may also be missing a subject, predicate, or both

Fragment

A sentence must have a ... and a ...

Subject and predicate

A sentence must express a complete what?

Thought

You often use sentence what when you speak

Fragments

You should use complete sentences however in anything you write for ... and ...

School/ business

Identify the simple subject with a what?

Adjective

Includes all of the words in the subject of a sentence

Complete subject

Includes all of the words in the predicate of a sentence

Complete predicate

What together expresses a complete thought?

The Subject and the predicate

Not all words in a subject and predicate are of what?

Equal importance

The main word or group of words in the complete subject

Simple subject

The main word or group of words in the complete predicate

Simple predicate

The simple subject is usually a ... or ...

Noun/ pronoun

The simple predicate is always a ...

Verb

Sometimes the simple subject is also the ... subject, the simple predicate may also be the ... predicate

Complete/ complete