Chapter 4 Sentences And Fragments

Question 1

What is two things every sentence must contain?

Answer 1

A subject and a conjugated verb that corresponds to the subject.

Question 2

Is “the tomato grows.” A sentence?

Answer 2

Yes since it has a subject and a conjugated verb that corresponds to it.

Question 3

What type of sentence is “the tomato grows around the world”?

Answer 3

A prepositional phrase

Question 4

Can a prepositional phrase stand alone as a complete sentence? In the greenhouse

Answer 4

No it cannot, it can be placed at the start of a sentence but needs a subject and a verb after it.

Question 5

Can you use a pronoun to replace a noun and it still is a sentence? It grows around the world.

Answer 5

Yes because it has a subject (it) and a verb that corresponds to the subject (grows)

Question 6

Do adverbs have a grammatical effect on a sentence? Now, the tomato grows in many shapes and varieties in greenhouses around the world.

Answer 6

No it doesn’t a sentence with an adverb will continue to be a sentence mo matter where the adverb is.

Question 7

Are appositives an no n essential information surrounded by commas? The tomato, a popular salad ingredient, grows in many shapes and varieties in greenhouses around the world. Nonessential- The tomato, which is one of the most popular salad ingredients, grows in many shapes and varieties in greenhouses around the world.

Answer 7

yes they are surrounded by commas but a non-essential statement can be removed from a sentence and it would still be a sentence ad also can’t stand alone.