Transcript Sentences - JJ Daniell Middle School

Sentences
You think you know, but you have no idea!
A Sentence….
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Is a complete thought.
Contains a subject and a verb.
Can stand by itself and still make sense.
Is a complete thought!
Incomplete thoughts are called fragments,
but we’ll get to that in a little while.
Complete Subjects and
Predicates
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The complete subject of a sentence consists of the
subject and any words related to it.
The complete predicate consists of the verb and
any words related to it.
The cat with the blue eyes | is Siamese.
Cat lovers of all ages | collect cats of all kinds.
Images of cats | appeared on many Greek coins in
the fifth century.
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Leopards are members of the family of big
cats.
The leopard's body is specifically designed to
survive cold winters.
Its pale or yellowish-brown coat features
widely spaced dark brown spots.
Its fur changes from a deep reddish yellow in
the summer to a lighter shade in the winter.
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http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/su
bjectandpredicate/
Compound Subjects and Verbs
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Just so you know, some sentences have two
or more subjects.
They can also have two or more verbs!
Compound Subjects
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Cats and kittens are popular pets.
Compound verbs
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Kittens sleep, eat, and play.
Independent Clauses
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An independent clause has a subject and a
verb and can stand by itself.
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The ski lift took us up the mountain.
The bell rang.
She rode up the path to school.
I tried ski-jumping and snowboarding.
Dependent Clauses
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A dependent clause (or subordinate clause)
has a subject and a verb, but it cannot stand
alone! It is not a complete sentence! It is
only part of a sentence!
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After the rock climber hammered the rock
When the bicycle had a flat tire
After she reached the top of the cliff
When I walked into the room
Because a nice and smelly lady smiled
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The singer was terrific
Before she came out on the stage
The band played several numbers
The guitarist played one solo with his teeth
The music was extremely loud
The audience cheered wildly
When she began singing the first song
As I walked into the concert
I saw headbangers
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http://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/cl
auses/
A SIMPLE SENTENCE
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A simple sentence consists of a single
independent clause.
A simple sentence NEVER has a dependent
clause.
Also, it never has more than one independent
clause
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The rain arrived yesterday.
The dog barked.
Simple Sentences Continued
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Are these sentences still simple?
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Landslides and avalanches are common.
The door squeaked and rattled.
My mother and father said goodbye and left for
vacation.
He opened the letter and the box.
It can rain from the east or from the west.
YES! A simple sentence may have a
compound subject or compound verbs!
Compound Sentence
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A compound sentence consists of two or
more independent clauses.
In MOST compound sentences, the
independent clauses are joined by a comma
and a coordinating conjunction.
They may also be joined by a semicolon.
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Many people love Chris Brown’s music, but
other people prefer his dance moves.
Many people love Chris Brown’s music; other
people prefer his dance moves.
FANBOYS
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You can remember the coordinating
conjunctions by the word FANBOYS.
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For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
To combine the two independent clauses
insert a comma + FANBOYS.
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I was born in January. I wish that I had been born
in the summer.
I was born in January, but I wish that I had been
born in the summer.
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Many people think pizza is delicious. Other
people think that pizza is nasty.
Britney Spears tried to start a new fad by
shaving her head. People thought she was
crazy.
Rihanna is popular among teens. Some
adults like to jam out to Rihanna too.
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Many people think that pizza is delicious, but
others think it is nasty.
Brittney Spears tried to start a new fad by
shaving her head, so people thought she was
crazy.
Rihanna is popular among teenagers, but
some adults like to jam out as well.
Who makes your junction
function?
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Happy Happy Reward Time Does!
Complex Sentence
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A complex sentence contains an independent
clause + one or more dependent clauses.
A dependent clause usually begins with a
subordinating conjunction.
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After he scored the first goal of the game, a player
broke the hockey stick.
Because I sprinted to catch the bus, I dropped my
lunch in a puddle of mud.
Subordinating Conjunctions
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A WHITE BUS
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After, although, as
When, while, where
However
If
Than, though
Even though
Because, before
Until, unless
Since, so that
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Since teenagers love to dance, they enjoy music.
When singers perform on stage, people in the
audience sing along with them.
Teenage girls in the audience often screamed while
Elvis Presley performed on stage.
After I attended the concert, I ate a booger slushie.
I ate pizza as I drank my green booger slushie.
Run-On Sentence
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A run-on sentence contains two or more
independent clauses that are inappropriately
joined.
The length of the sentence does not
determine whether it is a run-on sentence.
You can have short run-on sentences!
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I love cookies he likes brownies.
He prefers ponies, I like donkeys.
Run On? Fragments? Oh MY!!!
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nonsentences/
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ntencefragments/