RULE #1
Parts of a Sentence
A sentence expresses a complete thought. Every complete
sentence has two parts.
 A subject names the person, place or thing the sentence is about.
 The predicate tells what the subject is or does.
Subject
Predicate
A fat sheep ate grass in the field.
The children were playing two square.
Everybody laughed at the clown’s tricks.
RULE #2
Four Kinds of Sentences
Declarative sentence.
• A statement that tells something. It ends in a period.
Interrogative sentence.
• A question (asks something). Ends in a ?
Exclamatory
• An exclamatory (shows strong felling.) It ends in an !
Imperative sentence
• A command (tells someone to do something.) It ends in a period (.).
Look out for that truck!
That is my new unicycle.
Did you enjoy the Thanksgiving dinner?
Get in the car, we’re leaving.
Watch out for those amphibians!
RULE #3
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words that join other words or groups of
words. Here are some examples: and, or, but.
 It’s raining cats and dogs outside.
 Do you want Crush soda or A&W Root Beer soda?
 I want to play but I have work to do.
RULE #4
Common and Proper nouns
A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
• Common nouns name any person place or thing.
They will not begin with a capital letter.
• Proper nouns name a specific noun. It will start
with capital letter.
Proper noun
Disneyland
Mr. Jackson
Legos
Cadillac
Boston
Common noun
city
toy
Man
automobile
Amusement park
Rule #5
Singular and plural nouns
Some nouns only name one person place or thing. Others name
more then one.
 Singular nouns: Names one person, place or thing.
 Plural nouns: name more than one person, place or thing.
cake
cakes
monkey
monkeys
man
men
box
boxes
bench
Benches
puppy
puppies
Rule #6
Forming plural nouns
To make plural nouns , add s or es.
For most nouns add: s
clocks
boat s
finger s
For nouns ending in s, sh, ch, x, or z add: es.
watch es
fox es
peaches
 For nouns ending in a consonant followed by change the y to and i
babies
baby
cherry
cherries
berry
berries
Rule
#7
Irregular plural nouns
Some nouns have special plural forms.
These are called irregular plural nouns.
woman
man
child
foot
mouse
goose
tooth
die
women
men
children
feet
mice
geese
teeth
dice
Rule #8
Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that
takes the place of one or
more nouns
I
You
She
It
They
we
What is
a
pronoun
noun
pronoun
Me
? You
Him
Her
It
Them
us
Put noun and
pronoun in their
right place.
NAME YOURSELF LAST WHEN
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT
ANTHER PERSON AND YOURSELF.
Using I and me
Rule #9
The End