sentences and its types and structures

Question 1

group of words that conveys a complete idea; must have at least one subject and one predicate

Answer 1

complete sentence

Question 2

first unit of information and contains a noun

Answer 2

subject

Question 3

expands the information about the subject and contains a verb or a phrase

Answer 3

predicate

Question 3

expands the information about the subject and contains a verb or a phrase

Answer 3

predicate

Question 4

4 types of sentences

Answer 4

declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory

Question 5

sentence that makes a statement, provides a fact, offers an explanation, or conveys information; most common type of sentence in the english language; written in the present tense and usually ends with a period

Answer 5

declarative sentence

Question 6

statement that expresses a strong emotion; typically ends with an exclamation mark/exclamation point

Answer 6

exclamatory sentence

Question 7

sentence that expresses a direct command, request, invitation, warning, or instruction; do not have a subject; a directive is given for the second person;

Answer 7

imperative sentence

Question 8

sentence that asks a question; can be direct/indirect; typically asks the 5W and H questions; can also use auxiliary verbs to ask a question

Answer 8

interrogative sentence

Question 9

4 types of sentence structures

Answer 9

simple, compound, complex, compound-complex

Question 10

contains a subject ( a person/thing performing an action ) and a predicate ( a verb/verbal phrase that describes the action ) and expresses a complete thought as an independent clause; do not contain dependent or subordinate clauses

Answer 10

simple sentences

Question 11

sentence that contains two or more independent clauses joined by either a linking word, such as a conjunction or a semicolon; links together two simple sentences which are sentences with one independent clause

Answer 11

compound sentences

Question 12

sentence with one independent clause, also known as the main clause, and one or more dependent clauses, known as subordinate clauses; sometimes includes ‘when’, ‘how’ and ‘if’

Answer 12

complex sentences

Question 13

contains at least three clauses, two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses, which equates to three sets of subjects and verbs; typically joined together using a coordinating conjunction

Answer 13

compound-complex sentence