Types Of Sentences Flashcards
A unit of grammar. Generally begins with a capital letter and end with a full stop, an exclamation mark or a question mark.
Sentence
It is what (or whom) the sentence is about.
Subject
E.g.: Anna is eating.
“Anna” is the subject.
It tells what the subject is doing or what the subject is.
Predicate
E.g.: Anna is eating.
“is eating” is the predicate.
A sentence formed with one main clause.
Simple sentence
E.g.: Kent loves frogs.
A sentence formed with two or more main clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Compound sentence
E.g.: Kent loves frogs but Nikki loves axolotl.
“but” is the coordinating conjunction.
A sentence formed with one main clause and one or more subordinating clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction.
Complex sentence
E.g.: Although Von likes cats, he thinks dogs are better.
“Although” is a subordinating conjunction.
Types of sentence that declares a statement.
Declarative sentence
E.g.: I like sleeping.
Types of sentence that asks a question and generally ends with a question mark.
Interrogative sentence
E.g.: Do I like sleeping?
Type of sentence that is an order or instruction.
Imperative sentence
E.g.: Don’t go to sleep.
Type of imperative sentence that tells people what to do.
Positive imperative sentence
E.g.: Eat the food.
Type of imperative sentence that tells people what NOT to do.
Negative imperative sentence
E.g.: Don’t eat the food.
Type of sentence that can be used to express a strong opinion.
Exclamatory sentence
E.g.: Sleeping is so awesome!
The basic unit of grammar.
Clause
Clause that can form a sentence on their own.
Independent clause
E.g.: Alvin likes volleyball.
Clause that cannot form a sentence on their own.
Dependent clause
E.g.: because he’s good at it.
