Sentence types Flashcards

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What type of sentence is this?

Nepoleon was a very short man.

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Declarative.

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What type of sentence is this?

Please be nice to your brother.

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Imperative

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What is the subject of this sentence?

Get out of here.

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You-is the subject, even though the word doesn’t appear in the sentence. Often in imperative sentences, the listener is implied.

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What kind of sentence is this?

Bill Clinton used to live in the White House.

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Declarative.

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What kind of sentence is this?

Grab me a drink while you’re in there.

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Imperative

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What kind of sentence is this?

The Spurs won the championship!

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Exclamatory

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Is the following a simple sentence?

Helium is a noble gas.

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Yes

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Is the following a simple sentence?

David currently works as a mailman, but he’s hoping to become a piano tuner.

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No, this is a compound sentence.

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Is the following sentence compound?

Julie and Sarah went for a run.

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No. The presence of two subjects does not mean a sentence is compound

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Is this sentence a compound sentence?

This camera costs less than that computer, but both are way out of my price range.

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Yes. There are two independent clauses; therefore, it is a compound sentence.

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Is the following a complex sentence?

4 My People Features Eve.

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No

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Is the following a complex sentence?

After the party, we headed to the hotel lobby.

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Yes

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T/F: A sentence must always contain at least one dependent clause.

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False. A sentence must contain at least one independent clause, but it does not have to contain a dependent clause.

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What kind of sentence is this?

For the first time in my life, I cooked dinner for my family.

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A complex sentence, because it contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.

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What kind of sentence is this?

Jack and Jill fell down the hill.

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A simple sentence, because it contains only one independent clause.

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What kind of sentence is this?

Jack rolled down the hill, and Jill ran down it.

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A compound sentence, because it contains two independent clauses.

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What kind of sentence is this?

Jack rolled halfway down the hill and ran the rest of the way.

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It is a complex sentence, because it contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.

18
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What is wrong with the following?

Julie is a singer. She has a great voice. She is a soprano in the choir. She has a solo in the spring concert.

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The sentence structure never varies, which makes the paragraph boring.

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What are the four sentence types (defined according to content)?

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Declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

20
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What kind of punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence?

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A period

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T/F: All sentences ending in periods are declarative.

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False. Imperative sentences often end in periods as well.

22
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T/F: Teachers love exclamation marks.

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False. Most teachers consider exclamation marks a sign of an inexperienced writer.

23
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What type of sentence is a teacher using when he orders you to do your homework?

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Imperative

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What are exclamatory sentences?

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Exclamatory sentences convey strong emotion. They often end in exclamation marks.

25
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What kind of sentence often ends with an “!”?

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An exclamatory sentence.

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Are most sentences declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

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Most sentences are declarative.

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What is a simple sentence?

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A simple sentence is an independent clause with no dependent clauses. Both the subject and the predicate can be compound as long as there are no dependent clauses in the sentence.

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What is a complex sentence?

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A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

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What is a compound sentence?

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A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.

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T/F: A compound sentence contains one or more dependent clauses.

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False. A complex sentence contains one or more dependent clauses in addition to an independent clause. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.

31
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What kind f sentence has more than one independent clause?

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A compound sentence.

32
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Can a sentence have more than one dependent clause?

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Yes

33
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T/F: All sentences must end in periods.

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False. Sentence can also end in question marks or exclamation marks.

34
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When writing, is it acceptable to vary your sentence structure?

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Yes, in fact, varied sentence structure is one mark of a good writer.

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What is the term for a sentence that has more than one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?

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A compound-complex sentence.

EX: Although I used to eat a lot of chocolate, I don’t anymore because once I got really sick after eating fourteen Snickers bars in a row. ( The independent clauses are -I used to eat a lot of chocolate, I don’t anymore, and I got really sick after eating etc.; the dependent clause is -Although I used to eat a lot of chocolate-.)