SECTION PLANNER
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Sentences SECTION FOCUS • Subjects and predicates • Statements and questions • Question words
GRAMMAR FOR GROWN-UPS
• Commands
Understanding Sentences
• Exclamations
A sentence consists of several parts of speech organized into a meaningful pattern that expresses a complete thought. Every sentence has two basic parts: the subject, or the explicit or implicit person, place, or thing talked about, and the predicate, what the subject is, has, or does.
• Kinds of sentences • Subjects • Predicates • Combining subjects and predicates • Combining sentences • Run-on sentences
A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period.
Sebastian walked. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Did Sebastian walk?
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An exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation point.
I can’t believe Sebastian walked! An imperative sentence gives a command and ends with a period.
Walk, Sebastian. In an imperative sentence the subject you is often implied and not stated explicitly.
Walk. Subjects can be combined.
Mary and Juana sit together. Predicates also can be combined.
Robert hopped and jumped.
CONNECT WITH LITERATURE Consider using the following titles throughout the section to illustrate the grammar concept:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard
Occasionally, two complete sentences are combined incorrectly into a run-on sentence.
The sun came up it was a new day. A run-on sentence can be corrected by adding a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
The sun came up, and it was a new day.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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—Gaston Bachelard
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