MODULE 5: Clause and Sentence (SENTENCE) Flashcards
what is a sentence?
- it is a group of words that contains a subject, a verb, and a predicate and always starts with a capital letter and ends with an punctuation mark.
what are the four (4) kinds of sentences ACCORDING TO FUNCTION?
- DECLARATIVE
- IMPERATIVE
- INTERROGATIVE
- EXCLAMATORY
this type makes a STATEMENT and ends with a PERIOD
- declarative sentence
this type is used to provide INFORMATION about something or STATE A FACT
- declarative sentence
this type gives COMMAND
- imperative sentence
this type usually ends with a period, but it may also end with an EXCLAMATION POINT
- imperative sentence
this type ASKS a QUESTION
- interrogative sentence
this type always end with a question mark
- interrogative sentence
this type indicates a STRONG EMOTION and ends with an EXCLAMATION MARK
- exclamatory sentence
what are the four (4) kinds of sentences ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE?
- SIMPLE SENTENCE
- COMPOUND SENTENCE
- COMPLEX SENTENCE
- COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE
contains only ONE (1) INDEPENDENT clause and it DOESN’T contain any SUBORDINATE clauses.
- simple sentence
it expresses only ONE (1) main idea
- simple sentence
made up of at least TWO (2) INDEPENDENT clauses and NO SUBORDINATE or DEPENDENT clause.
- compound sentence
what do we use to CONNECT clauses in COMPOUND SENTENCE?
- a comma and a COORDINATING conjunction
- can also join them with a semicolon
it expresses TWO (2) or MORE main ideas
- compound sentence