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

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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.