English Unit 1 Review
Topics to be covered on Test
• The four kinds of sentences
• Simple Subjects and Predicates
• Imperatives and Interrogatives
• Compound Subjects
• Compound Predicates
• Compound Sentences
• Conjuctions
• Complex Sentences
• Fragments and Run-ons
The Four Types of Sentences
• Interrogative Sentences- Ask a question
• Will end in a question mark ?
• Example: Who was the first President of the United States?
• The 5w’s: Who? What? Where? When? Why? And How?
The Four types of Sentences
• Imperative Sentences-give orders or directions
• Usually end in a exclamation point or period
• Have a command tone in nature
• Example:
• Be quiet and listen!
• First, write your name on your paper.
Four types of Sentences
• Exclamatory Sentences- Show Strong Emotions.
• They end with an exclamation point
• Example:
• A Snake bit me!
• Your room is a mess!
Four types of sentences
• Declarative Sentences- make a statement or provide information.
• Ends in a period
• Examples:
• My backpack is black and have five pockets.
• December is the next month.
Subjects and Predicates
• The subject tells what or who the sentence is about. The predicate
tells something about the subject.
• Simple Subject: Main word or words
• Simple Predicate: main word or words in the complete predicate.
• Hint: The subject always contains a noun and the predicate always contains a
verb.
• Example:
• Ashley wore a red shirt.
• The big hairy dog slept by the fire.
• The woman with the green hat ate lunch.
Imperatives and Interrogatives
• Imperative- The subject of an imperative sentence is your. You is
usually understood and does not appear in the sentence
• Interrogatives- To find the subject of an interrogative sentence,
change the question to a statement. Then ask who or what does the
action?
Compound Subjects
• Compound Subjects- contains two or more simple subjects. The
simple subjects are joined by a word such as and or or
• Examples:
• Routes or trails to the West were needed.
• Explorers, traders and guides volunteered.
Compound Predicates
• Compound predicates- contains two or more simple predicates. They
are joined by a word such as and or or.
• Example:
• Scientist studies sharks and learned about them.
• Sharks can hear, smell and see their prey.
Conjunctions
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPoBE-E8VOc
Compound Sentences
• A compound sentence is made up of two simple sentence. The simple
sentence are joined by a comma and a word such as and, or, or but.
• Example:
• We depend on air, but we often ignore it.
• Italy looks like a boot, and France appears square.
Complex Sentences
• Complex Sentences- Combing simple sentences into one sentence.
Uses a conjuction.
Fragments or Run-ons
• Fragment- A group of words without a subject, a predicate or both.
• Run-on- A sentence is tow or more sentences that run together.