What is a sentence?

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What is a sentence?
Is this a sentence?
Is this a sentence?
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Is this a sentence?
Tessa
Is this a sentence?
Running down the street after Danielle
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What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of related words...
Is this a sentence?
Into the burning building
...that contains a subject and a verb...
A complete sentence?
When Nicole ran into the burning building.
...and expresses a complete thought.
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Tessa ran down the street after Eric just as she
saw Nicole run into a burning building.
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Reviewing Parts of a Sentence
Complete Subject
Complete Predicate
Entered the Miss Teen Wisconsin contest in April
Meagan and Trista
Did what? Said what? Felt what? Is what?
Who or what?
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Simple Subject
Simple Predicate Verb
Spoke calmly and courageously to the Board about
getting the gum rule abolished.
Mary, our class president,
Specific person, place, thing, idea that is being
talked about.
Specific action or linking verb which tells
something about the subject did or is.
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A woman on my street received an award.
Complete predicate All words that go with what
is being said about the who or what.
Complete Subject All words that go with the
who? Or what did something?
Simple predicate all parts of the verb phrase
that tell what subject did or is
Simple subject one noun or pronoun
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Nick gave Jill a letter.
Who or what did something?
Here is a letter for you.
What is said about this who/what?
When you turn sixteen, you can get your drivers
license.
In France you and I will be able to buy a
hamburger at McDonalds.
On the last day of the conference regular season,
Wausaukee will play Suring and will beat them by
six points.
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Improving Sentence Fluency

• Sentences must be well-built

--Simple subject(s) must agree with the simple
predicate (verb).
Mary and Johnny has a nice house.
Did Jerry or Susie seems nicest?
--Sentences must be parallel in structure
Mary is very pretty, intelligent, and gets good
grades.
Mary wants to be a doctor, but Johnny likes his
younger sister better than Mary.
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Improving Sentence Fluency

• Sentences must varied in construction.

--Variety of beginnings.
Jennifer Aniston is an actress. She was married
to Brad Pitt. He later married Angelina Jolie.
They have many children.
I like oldies rock roll music. My husband
likes country. Our daughter likes hip-hop. Our
son likes country pop.
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--Sentences must have a strong rhythm and flow
when read aloud.
I like toast, but not with jelly, but I kind of
like peanut butter on it, sometimes.
I have an old wallet, which I got it from my
grandpa when I was five or six, and it is really
worn out now, ripped and faded and water-stained.
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STOP!
--Sentences must have a variety of lengths. (3-30
words)
Jason is a member of the Jones family.(7) He has
five brothers.(5) They are Jerod, Jack, Joseph,
and Jerry.(6) Jason is very nice. (4) His
brothers are very nice, too. (5)
If I could be anything I wanted to be, I would
still be a teacher.(15) I have wanted to be a
teacher since I first went to school.(12) By
second grade my teacher was already assigning me
first graders to help with their work.(15) I
enjoyed working with them because they looked up
to me. (10) Even though I switched teachers
every two years, my new teachers always had me
help with others. (17)
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Now, do Chapter 11 Test Part A
Example Underline the complete subject once the
complete predicate twice. I cannot understand the
story.
Example 2 More complicated sentences Did Andy do
the watusi with Wanda Cool?
Example 3 Even more complicated When Amanda
graduates, she wants to run for public office.
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Finding the Simple Subject
What?
Who?
x
The girl in the red dress is Craigs date for the
dance.
Prepositional phrase
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Did Magan really buy a pair of slacks with
tiger-like fur on the cuffs and a matching
mini-top with fur on the sleeves?
There are so many good kids in the freshman class.
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Bottles of juice and milk were left on the
counter last night.
There are your shoes and socks under the couch.
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Now, Do Part B on Test Find the simple subjects
(S) and Simple Predicate Verb Phrase(V) Example
1 The letter is on your desk
Example 2 More complicated If I were rich, I
would buy all of you many gifts.
Example 3 Even more complicated Does he run as
fast in a competition?
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COMPLEMENTS
A word or group of words that completes the
meaning of the predicate
Hit what?
Complement
Lilly hit...
the ball.
Amy is
a very pretty girl.
Is what?
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SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS
Follows a linking verb identifies or describes
the subject
Pearl is a freshman.
Subject
Subject Complement
Linking Verb
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PREDICATE NOMINATIVE
A noun or pronoun in the predicate
that identifies or renames the subject.
Subject
John will become a senior next year if he passes
his classes.
predicate
Same
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After the election Tuesday, Rachel was elected
president of our class.
Subject?
Predicate nominative?
Predicate
Verb?
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PREDICATE ADJECTIVES
An adjective in predicate that describes the
subject of the sentence
Even though she is seventy years old, Carla is
still beautiful.
Subject?
Predicate
Predicate adjective
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Practicing Complements
Many of these woods are quite valuable to
furniture makers and artists.
Predicate adjective?
Subject? a noun in a prepositional phrase is
never the subject
Predicate
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REVIEW SUBJECT COMPLEMENTS
For years, the resources of the rain forests
seemed unlimited.
Many of these woods are quite valuable to
furniture makers and artists.
Are the sneakers in the window leather?
During the last hour of practice, your violin
playing sounded really professional.
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Now, do Part D of the Test Identify only subject
complements and label as PN or PA Example 1
David is a freshmen.
Example 2 More complicated These are more
difficult than I remember.
Example 3 Even more complicated He is a
cold-blooded killer.
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VERBS
ACTION
LINKING
Abby hit Adam.
Abby is a model student.
Object Complements
Subject Complements
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OBJECTS
Direct object
Indirect object
Chris hit Megan. hit what/whom? (DO)
Chris called Megan a name. Called what? (DO) Whom
did he call this? (IO)
John gave the book to me. (Words in
prepositional phrases cannot be direct or
indirect objects.)
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Lets practice finding subjects,verbs and objects.
Her work in the field of science saved many lives.
Her work in the field of science saved many
lives. (DO)
At the book sale, the ticket taker handed each
shopper a paper bag.
IO
DO
My oldest sister plays tennis at her school.
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Now, Do Part C of Test Identify all complements
(object and subject) Example 1 Dakota sang two
songs.
Example 2 More complicated Kevin threw Raquel a
note.
Example 3 Even more complicated Jeff was voted
Most Likely to Make a Million on Friday.
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Now, do Part E on the Test Identify the object
compliments and label IO or DO Example 1 I will
drop the Internet.
Example 2 More complicated When I finish, I will
give you a call.
Example 3 Even more complicated Will you cancel
the reservation?