FRAGMENTS AND

SENTENCES
A Review in Sentences and Its Different Kinds
 FRAGMENT VS. SENTENCE
• FRAGMENT • SENTENCE
- incomplete thought - complete thought
- just a subject or just a - Composed of both subject
predicate and predicate
examples: examples:
1. five colorful marbles (subject 1. The five colorful marbles are on
only) the table.
2. eating the tasty chocolate cake 2. She is eating the tasty chocolate
(predicate only) cake.
IN ADDITION:

• A fragment is not supposed to start with a capital letter and we

do not put a period at the end of it.
• A sentence should always start with a capital letter and ends
with a punctuation mark. Punctuation marks that could be used
in ending a sentence are period (.), question mark (?), and
exclamation point (!).
 KINDS OF SENTENCE
ACCORDING TO FUNCTION
• DECLARATIVE – an ordinary statement
example: Leon is a good friend of mine.
• INTERROGATIVE – asking; a question
example: Are you going to attend the party?
• EXCLAMATORY – expression of strong emotion
example: I won the lottery!
• IMPERATIVE – commanding or requesting
example: (command) Get me a glass of water.
(request) Please get me a glass of water.
 KINDS OF SENTENCE
ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE
• SIMPLE – composed of only one idea
example: Leon is a good friend of mine.
• COMPOUND – asking; a question
example: Are you going to attend the party?
• COMPLEX – expression of strong emotion
example: I won the lottery!
• COMPOUND-COMPLEX – commanding or requesting
example: (command) Get me a glass of water.
(request) Please get me a glass of water.
 KINDS OF SENTENCE
ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE
• SIMPLE – gives only one complete idea; composed of one
subject and one predicate
example: Leon is a good friend of mine.
• COMPOUND – gives two ideas; composed of two
independent clauses
example: I would like to attend the event but I have an
(1st clause)
important appointment on that day.
(2nd clause)
 KINDS OF SENTENCE
ACCORDING TO STRUCTURE
• COMPLEX –composed of one independent clause and 1
dependent clause
example: She was late in the event because there was an emergency.
(independent clause) (dependent clause)

• COMPOUND-COMPLEX – composed of two independent

clauses and one dependent clause
example: Andrea will not give her speech anymore and she might be
(1st independent clause)
late for today’s event because there was an emergency.
(2nd independent clause) (dependent clause)