What is a sentence?

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What is a sentence?

• A sentence is a group of words that expresses a
  complete thought.
• Ex. This gift is for you.
• Every sentence has two parts
• Subject
• Predicate

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Subject

• The subject tells who or
• what the sentence is about.
• Complete subject
• The Men are stupid.
• Simple subject
• Mr. Morton is stupid.

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Predicate

• Complete predicate
• words that tell what the subject is or does
• Verb the key word of
• the complete predicate
• also known as
• simple predicate
• Ex. Mr. Morton picks up the cat.

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Parts of Speech

• The 8 ways we categorize words
• Noun
• Pronoun
• Verbs
• Adjective
• Adverb
• Preposition
• Conjunction
• Interjection

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Noun
Computer Table
A noun is the name of a person, a place, a thing,
or an idea.
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Kinds of Nouns

• Proper Noun
• Mark
• Common Noun
• sun
• Abstract Noun
• love
• Collective Noun
• class

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Pronouns
A pronoun is a word that is used in place of a
noun.

• Kinds of Pronouns
• Subject
• Relative
• Object
• Interrogative

• Possessive
• Demonstrative
• Reflexive
• Intensive

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Kinds of Pronouns

• Subject Object Possessive Possessive
  Adjectives Pronouns
• I Me My Mine
• You You Your Yours
• He Him His His
• She Her Hers Hers
• It It It Its
• We Us Our Ours
• You You Your Yours
• They Them Their Theirs

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Kinds of Pronouns

• Reflexive Relative Interrogative
  Demonstrative
• Myself That Who This
• Yourself Which Whose That
• Himself Who What These
• Herself Whom Whom Those
• Itself Whose Which
• Ourselves
• Yourselves
• Themselves

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Kinds of Pronouns

• Indefinite
• All Another Any Anybody
• Anyone Anything Both Each
• Either Everybody Everyone Everything
• Few Many More Most
• Much Neither Nobody None
• No one One Other Several
• Some Somebody Someone Something
• Such

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Verbs
Conveys an action or a state of being

• Action - Ex. Dive
• Linking - Ex. Am
• Helping or auxiliary -
• Ex. have, do, be

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Verb Tenses

• Present
• Past
• Future

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Adjective

• An adjective describes or modifies a noun or
  pronoun.
• Answers the questions
• What kind?
• I like the long, green rectangle.
• Which one?
• I want that dress.
• How many?
• I see twelve circles.

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Adverb

• A word that modifies verbs, adjectives, or other
  adverbs.
• Answers the questions
• When? I will see you tomorrow.
• Where? The dog is outside.
• How? She worked happily.
• To what extent or degree? They swam deeper
• into the ocean.
• In what manner? Mary sang beautifully.

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Prepositions

• A word that shows a relationship between a
  noun or pronoun and some other words in the
  sentence.
• Example
• The students of this university are dynamic.

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List of Prepositions

• Along
• Among
• Around
• As
• At
• Before
• Behind

• Despite
• Down
• Except
• For
• From
• In
• Near

• Below
• Beneath
• Beside
• Besides
• Between
• Beyond
• By

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More Prepositions

• Of
• Off
• On
• Onto
• Out
• Outside
• Over

• Past
• Since
• Through
• Till
• To
• Toward
• Under

• Underneath
• Until
• Up
• Upon
• With
• Within
• Without

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Compound Prepositions

• According to
• As of
• As well as
• Aside from
• Because of
• By means of
• In addition to
• In front of

• In place of
• In regard to
• In respect to
• In spite of
• Instead of
• On account of
• Out of
• Prior to

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Conjunction

• A conjunction is used to join words or group of
  words
• Kinds of conjunctions
• Coordinating conjunctions
• Correlative conjunctions
• Subordinating conjunctions

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Coordinating Conjunctions

• connects individual words or groups of words that
  perform the same function.
• Ex. I dance and sing.

• And
• But
• Or
• Nor
• For
• Yet

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Correlative Conjunctions

• two or more words that function together.
• Ex. Either Bill or Mary wrote the poem.

• Either...or
• Neithernor
• Whetheror
• Not onlybut (also)
• bothand

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Subordinating Conjunctions

• Subordinating conjunctions introduce subordinate
  clauses, which are clauses that cannot stand by
  themselves as a complete thought.
• The subordinate conjunction connects a
  subordinate clause to an independent clause,
  which can stand by itself.
• Ex. We will go whale watching if we have time.

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List of Subordinating Conjunctions

• After
• As
• As long as
• As soon as
• Before

Time
Time
Purpose

• Since
• Until
• When
• Whenever
• While

• In order that
• So that
• That

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More Subordinating Conjunctions

• Manner
• As
• As if
• As though

Cause
Comparison

• Because

• As
• Than

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Interjection

• An interjection is a word that expresses strong
  feelings
• It is followed by an exclamation mark (!)

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List of Common Interjections

• Sh!
• Ugh!
• Alas!
• Yes!
• Ahem!
• My!
• Please!
• No!

• Unbelievable!
• Congratulations!
• My goodness!

• Really!
• Whoops!
• Good grief!
• Honestly!
• Good!
• Oh!
• What!
• Well!