Sentences Flashcards
(17 cards)
What is a sentence?
Made up of words and expresses a complete thought. Possess a subject and predicate.
A kind of sentence that makes a statement, can relay information, and ends with a period.
Declarative Sentence
A kind of sentence that asks a question and ends in a question mark.
Interrogative Sentence
A kind of sentence that also ends in a period but orders or requests something.
Declarative/Imperative Sentence
A kind of sentence that ends in an exclamation point and conveys a strong emotion or feeling.
Exclamatory Sentence
A sentence that only has a single independent clause
Simple Sentence
A sentence that contains two or more independent clauses
Compound Sentence
A sentence that has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Complex Sentence
A sentence that has 2 or more independent clauses and 1 or more dependent clause.
Compound - Complex Sentence
It completes the meaning expressed by a verb or a linking verb. To complete an incomplete sentence
Complement
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + IV
Subject - noun/pronoun
Intransitive Verb - verb that doesn’t require an object
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + TV + DO
Subject - noun/pronoun
Tansitive Verb - a verb that requires an object or receiver of an action
Direct Object - receiver of an action (what? or whom?)
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + TV + IO + DO
Subject - noun/pronoun
Transitive Verb - a verb that requires an object or receiver of an action
Indirect Object - noun/pronoun receiving the direct object (to whom? for whom?)
Direct Object - receiver of an action (what? or whom?)
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + TV + DO + OC
Subject - noun/pronoun
Transitive Verb - a verb that requires an object or receiver of an action
Direct Object - receiver of an action (what? or whom?)
Object Complement - describes or renames or gives information about the object
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + LV + SC
Subject - noun/pronoun
Linking Verb - links subject to its complement
Subject Complement- describes or provides information about the subject
What Basic Sentence Pattern is this? S + LV + SC
Subject - noun/pronoun
Linking Verb - links subject to its complement
Subject Complement- describes or provides information about the subject
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