Fundamentals of Sentence Writing

What makes a complete sentence?

• capital letter, adjective, make sense, subject, end punctuation

• capital letter, subject, verb, end punctuation, makes sense

• capital letter, end punctuation, makes sense, adverb, adjective

• subject, capital letter, swimming pool, makes sense, end punctuaton

What is a subject?

• person, place, action, idea of the sentence

• word that shows the action of the subject of the sentence

• person, place, thing, quality, or idea that the sentence is about

• words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject

What is a linking verb?

• a word that shows the action or state-of-being of th

• words that link the subject to another word that describes the subject

• words that help the main verb show the action in a sentence

• words that add information about the action of the subject of the sentence

What is an action verb?

• the person , place, thing, quality, or idea that the sentence is about

• a word that shows the action or state-of-being of the subject

• a word that describes a noun

• a word that shows the action of the subject of the sentence

most of these are group of words that show place or time (where or when the action takes place)

• infinitives

• adverbs

• prepositional phrases

• adjectives

Which sentence is a complete sentence?

• the children ate cookies.

• The children ate cookies

• the children ate cookies

• The children ate cookies.

Which sentence is complete?

• Kevin drank the milk.

• kevin drank the milk.

• Kevin drank the milk

• kevin drank the milk

Which sentence is a complete sentence?

• Our windows are dirty

• our windows are dirty

• Our windows are dirty.

• our windows are dirty.

Which is a complete sentence?

• Sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries

• sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries

• sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries.

• Sam and Jerry went to the store to buy groceries,

What is the subject of the sentence: Jill jumps rope.

• jumps

• rope

• Jill