Identifying Sentence Types and Subjects

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What is a fragment?

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A fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

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What is a sentence?

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A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought and has a subject and a verb.

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What is a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence is two or more complete sentences that are incorrectly joined together without proper punctuation.

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What type of sentence gives a command?

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An imperative sentence gives a command or request.

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What type of sentence asks a question?

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An interrogative sentence asks a question.

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What type of sentence makes a statement?

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A declarative sentence makes a statement.

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What type of sentence shows strong emotion?

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An exclamatory sentence shows strong emotion.

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What is a verb?

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A verb is a part of speech that shows action, links a word to the subject, helps another verb, or indicates existence.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a complement in a sentence?

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A complement is a word or group of words that completes the meaning of the subject or verb.