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