What is a sentence?

►set/group of words that contains a subject (S) and

a verb (V) and a complete thought.

►sentences always start with

►A capital/uppercase letter

►And end with one of three things:

►Period (.) (statement)
►Question mark (?) (question)
►Exclamation point (!) (exclamation)
Fragments
►What are fragments?
►Incomplete sentences, missing one or more
parts: subject, verb, or it is not a complete
thought

►Examples:
►I to the movies yesterday.
►Left the party at 11PM.
►Studied so hard last night.
►She when he told her a joke.
Run-ons
►What are run-ons?
►Sentences that are too long. They need to be
separated by a period (.) or they need to have a
comma (,) and the words and, but, so, or
because

►Examples:
►I had to get some veggies at the store I forgot to
get some trash bags, too.
►Sally ate dinner so fast Sally felt quite sick.
►Fred decided to go to the concert Lily decided
to go to the match.
Sentence types
Simple
Simple
►Simple
►One SV pair
►I ate breakfast quickly. -> SV
►My mother and father speak Korean. -> SSV
►My brother doesn’t speak or read Korean yet.
-> SVV
►Noah and Ethan played and mastered the
game. -> SSVV
Simple Practice
► Gerald went to baseball practice.

► Laia and Anna performed at the school festival.

► Dad isn’t coming home for dinner.

► My friends and I ordered food and played games

all night.
Simple Practice
► Gerald went to baseball practice. SV

► Laia and Anna performed at the school festival.

► Dad isn’t coming home for dinner.

► My friends and I ordered food and played games

all night.
Simple Practice
► Gerald went to baseball practice. SV

► Laia and Anna performed at the school festival.

► SSV

► Dad isn’t coming home for dinner.

► My friends and I ordered food and played games

all night.
Simple Practice
► Gerald went to baseball practice. SV

► Laia and Anna performed at the school festival.

► SSV

► Dad isn’t coming home for dinner. SV

► My friends and I ordered food and played games

all night.
Simple Practice
► Gerald went to baseball practice. SV

► Laia and Anna performed at the school festival.

► SSV

► Dad isn’t coming home for dinner. SV

► My friends and I ordered food and played games

all night. SSVV
Compound
Compound

►Compound
►Two simple sentences
►Connected with a coordinating
conjunction (and, but, or, so), and
sometimes a comma.
►My mother and father speak Korean,
but my brother doesn’t speak or
read Korean yet.
Compound

►Compound
►More examples
►My brother has dark eyes and dark hair,
and he wears glasses.

►Samantha went to the store and bought

some food before the party and
Shunsuke cleaned the house.
Compound (continued)

►Be careful!
►Is this a compound sentence?
►Ishikawa is tall and likes to play
basketball.
►My boyfriend is wearing a nice jacket,
and has very cool glasses, too.
►Mohammad and Farshan study every
weekend, but don’t score well on tests.
Compound (continued)
►The trick!
►Split the sentence into 2 parts.
►Tom is good at new languages and learns
new words easily.
►Tom is good at new languages
►learns new words easily.
►Last year I tried to learn Arabic, but
decided it was too difficult for me.
►Last year I tried to learn Arabic
►decided it was too difficult for me.