sentence writing
Review of some parts of speech and basic sentence writing
Terms
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- simple sentence
- A complete thought with at least one subject and one verb.
- Correct
- He doesn't go to school.
- compound sentence
- at least two complete thoughts connected with a semicolon or coordinating conjunction
- complex sentence
- A sentence that has at least one independent clause and one dependent clause
- preposition
- a word that relates one word to another (to, around, over, under)
- coordinate conjunction
- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
- adverb
- a word that modifies a verb- many end in "ly" -tells when, how, to what extent
- I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- pronouns used as subjects of a sentence
- independent clause
- a group of words including a subject and verb capable of standing alone to make a complete thought
- sentence capitalization
- Using the upper case letter on the first word of a sentence
- Incorrect
- Susan car was damaged in the storm.
- noun
- a person, place, or thing
- verb
- a word showing action or state of being
- me, you, him, her, it, us, them
- pronouns used after verbs*and prepositions
- tense
- time
- Correct
- He goes to the party with his friends.
- pronoun
- a word that takes the place of a noun
- Incorrect
- He go to the party with his friends.
- Incorrect
- He don't go to school.
- dependent clause
- a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought and isn't a complete sentence
- Correct
- Susan's car was damaged in the storm.
- am,is,are, was, were, be, been, being
- state of being verbs
- comma
- precede the coordinating conjunction in most compound sentences
- helping verbs
- verbs that help verbs show tense
- adjective
- a words that describes - tells what kind, which one, or how many