Simple Sentences Review

A simple sentence has....

• One subject and One Predicate

• One subject and two predicated

• Two dependent clauses.

• Nothing but punctuation.

A predicate is...

• The last part of a noun.

• The verb in a sentence along with the words related to the verb.

• A noun with the in front of it.

• The last sentence in a story.

Which sentence is a simple sentence?

• Water freezes at 0°C.

• Even after all these years, when I saw her, I was as excited as the first day.

• Ice is a cold burning solid, when it is frozen.

• Although he wanted to study abroad, he could not go because his father did not want him to go.

We drink coffee every morning.

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Subject

• Compound Sentence

My brother takes out the trash.

• Compound Sentence

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Independent Caluse

While I was cooking he was still playing games on the computer.

• Simple Sentence

• Not a simple sentence

• Not a sentence

• Wrong puctuation.

Don’t leave the restaurant until the dishes here are washed.

• Simple Sentence

• Not a simple sentence

• Not a sentence

• Not a compete thought

Does he play tennis?

• Simple Sentence

• Not a simple sentence

• Not a sentence

• Only a phrase

Match the following

• Simple Sentence

• My Dad never works on the weekends.

• Not a Simple Setence

• My brother takes out the trash.

• Simple Sentence

• I love my new pets.

• Simple Sentence

• I saw him going to work in the morning when I was going to school.

• Not a Simple Sentence

• Even after all these years.

Match the following.

• Simple Sentence

• Do they talk a lot?

• Not a Simple Sentence

• The cake

• Not a simple sentence

• When I was going to school.

• Not a simple Sentence

• Elissa was very sick today and we will take her to the hospital now, before she gets worse.

• Simple Sentence

• I run four miles every morning.