Sentences
A presentation
for Sixth-Grade Students
A sentence is a group of words
that expresses a complete
thought.
Every year we
go to the fair.
A sentence must have both a
subject and a predicate.
My friend
won a stuffed tiger
at the fair.
A sentence will begin with a
capital letter.
The roller
coaster is my
favorite ride.
A sentence will end with a
punctuation mark.
The roller
coaster is my
favorite ride.
A sentence fragment is just part
of a sentence.
(Something is missing.)
While riding
a Ferris Wheel.
A run-on is a sentence composed of two
or more complete thoughts joined
together
without correct punctuation.
(It contains too much.)
My sister got to the top
of the Ferris Wheel
she screamed as loudly
as she could she rode
without holding on.
There are four kinds of sentences.
• Declarative
 makes a statement of
fact or opinion
 ends with a period
Children love to ride
the rides.
There are four kinds of sentences.
• Imperative
 gives a command or
request
 ends with a period
Be careful on the
bumper cars.
There are four kinds of sentences.
• Interrogative
 asks a question
 ends with a question
mark
Have you ever won a
blue ribbon at the fair?
There are four kinds of sentences.
• Exclamatory
 shows strong feeling
or emotion
 ends with an
exclamation mark
Help!
This roller coaster
is out of control!
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The SUBJECT tells what the sentence is about.
i.
Subjects are always nouns or pronouns.
Robin loves foot-long hot dogs.
She eats one every year at the fair.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The SUBJECT tells what the sentence is about.
i.
ii.
Subjects are always nouns or pronouns.
Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea.
person
place
thing
idea
Robin
fair
hot dog love
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The SUBJECT tells what the sentence is about.
i.
ii.
iii.
Subjects are always nouns or pronouns.
Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronouns are words that can take the place of nouns.
person
place
thing
idea
Robin
(she)
fair
(there)
hot dog love
(it)
(it)
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The SUBJECT tells what the sentence is about.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Subjects are always nouns or pronouns.
Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronouns are words that can take the place of nouns.
The complete subject includes a noun or pronoun and all the
words that describe it.
My youngest sister Paula loves to
look at the antiques on display.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The SUBJECT tells what the sentence is about.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
v.
Subjects are always nouns or pronouns.
Nouns are words that name a person, place, thing, or idea.
Pronouns are words that can take the place of nouns.
The complete subject includes a noun or pronoun and all the
words that describe it.
The simple subject is the key word or words in the complete
subject.
My youngest sister Paula loves to
look at the antiques on display.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The PREDICATE tells what the subject is or does.
i.
A predicate is always a verb.
The clown entertains us
with his jokes.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The PREDICATE tells what the subject is or does.
i.
ii.
A predicate is always a verb.
A verb expresses action or being.
The clown entertains us
with his jokes.
He is extremely funny.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The PREDICATE tells what the subject is or does.
i.
ii.
iii.
A predicate is always a verb.
A verb expresses action or being.
There are two kinds of action verbs—physical action (run,
jump, etc.) and mental action (think, dream, etc.).
The clown balances on the ball.
He imagines himself on solid
ground.
There are two main parts
to any sentence.
a.
The PREDICATE tells what the subject is or does.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
A predicate is always a verb.
A verb expresses action or being.
There are two kinds of action verbs—physical action (run,
jump, etc.) and mental action (think, dream, etc.).
The being verbs include the following: am, is, are, was, were,
be, being, been, and sometimes sensing verbs such as look, feel,
appear, seem, taste, smell, sound.
A sentence is considered to be in NORMAL
order if the subject comes before the verb.
The man sold
balloons at the
fair.
If any part of the verb comes before the
subject, the sentence is in inverted order.
Did you buy a
balloon?
Compound means “two or more”.
It is possible to have a
– compound subject
– compound predicate
– compound sentence
A simple sentence contains one
complete thought.
It is possible to have a compound subject, a
compound predicate, or both, and still have a
simple sentence.
Wes and Kevin
bought tickets
and rode rides.
A compound sentence is made by
combining two simple sentences.
(Note that a compound sentence is not the same as a run-on
because it contains correct punctuation.)
•
There are two ways to combine the
sentences.
1. Use a comma AND a joining word
2. Use a semicolon