Module 1: The Sentence Review Study Notes

Classification of Sentences by Purpose

  • Declarative Sentences (D): Make a statement and end with a period.

    • Example: I can make some popcorn while you decide.

  • Imperative Sentences (IMP): Issue a command or request. They end with a period or an exclamation point.

    • Example: Deval, use that remote to turn on the television.

  • Interrogative Sentences (INT): Ask a question and end with a question mark.

    • Example 1: Would you rather see a movie about baseball or watch a baseball game?

    • Example 2: Would you like to pick a movie for us to watch?

  • Exclamatory Sentences (E): Express strong feeling or excitement and end with an exclamation point.

    • Example 1: There are so many great movies to choose from!

    • Example 2: Don't touch that hot bag yet!

Sentence Structure: Complete Subjects and Complete Predicates

  • Definitions:

    • Complete Subject: Consists of the simple subject and all the words that modify or describe it.

    • Complete Predicate: Consists of the verb or verb phrase and all the words that tell what the subject does or is, including modifiers and complements.

  • Sentence Component Identification:

    • Sentence: The entire population of the city welcomed the winning team back home.

    • Complete Subject: The entire population of the city

    • Complete Predicate: welcomed the winning team back home

    • Sentence: The baseball team had never won a championship in the history of our school.

    • Complete Subject: The baseball team

    • Complete Predicate: had never won a championship in the history of our school

    • Sentence: During the season, the players and coaches worked hard.

    • Complete Subject: the players and coaches

    • Complete Predicate: During the season worked hard

    • Sentence: Their dedication to the game was obvious.

    • Complete Subject: Their dedication to the game

    • Complete Predicate: was obvious

    • Sentence: Among their greatest achievements was perfect attendance by each player.

    • Inverted Structure: In an inverted sentence, the predicate comes before the subject.

    • Complete Subject: perfect attendance by each player

    • Complete Predicate: Among their greatest achievements was

    • Sentence: People in this town may never again feel such pride and joy.

    • Complete Subject: People in this town

    • Complete Predicate: may never again feel such pride and joy

Sentence Structure: Simple Subjects and Verbs

  • Definitions:

    • Simple Subject: The main noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about.

    • Verb / Verb Phrase: The main word or group of words that tells what the subject does, is, or experiences.

  • Historical Focus (Dorothea Dix) and Structural Identification:

    • Sentence: Dorothea Dix became a schoolteacher at the age of fourteen.

    • Simple Subject: Dorothea Dix

    • Verb: became

    • Sentence: This amazing woman also wrote children's books.

    • Simple Subject: woman

    • Verb: wrote

    • Sentence: In 1841, she visited a jail in Massachusetts.

    • Simple Subject: she

    • Verb: visited

    • Specific Contextual Fact: In 1841, she visited a jail located in Massachusetts.

    • Sentence: The jail housed not only criminals but also people with mental illness.

    • Simple Subject: jail

    • Verb: housed

    • Sentence: The Massachusetts schoolteacher was horrified.

    • Simple Subject: schoolteacher

    • Verb: was

    • Sentence: Because of Dix's work, states built proper hospitals for people with mental health problems.

    • Simple Subject: states

    • Verb: built