Language Arts Study Guide and Test Preparation!!

Review Test Friday!!

Types of Sentences—
Declarative - A declarative sentence makes a statement. A declarative sentence ends with a period.
Example: The house will be built on a hill.
Interrogative - An interrogative sentence asks a question. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark.
Example: How did you find the card?
Exclamatory - An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: The monster is attacking!
Imperative - An imperative sentence gives a command.
Example: Cheryl, try the other door.
Sometimes the subject of an imperative sentence (you) is understood.
Example: Look in the closet. (You, look in the closet.)

Subjects and Predicates—Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about.
Example: The house, The car, or The teacher.
The predicate tells what the subject is or does.
Example: (The house) is white, (The car) is blue, or (The teacher) likes students.

Compound Subjects—A Compound Subject is a subject with two or more nouns or pronouns joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound subjects share the same predicate.
Example:
Her shoes were covered with mud. Her ankles were covered with mud, too.
Her shoes and ankles were covered with mud.
'Her shoes and ankles' is the compound subject.
The predicate in both the sentences is 'were covered with mud.'

Compound Predicates—A Compound Predicate is a predicate with two or more verbs joined by the word and or another conjunction. Compound predicates share the same subject.
Example:
Jan jumped on her bike. Jan rode around the block.
Jan jumped on her bike and rode around the block.
The compound predicate is 'jumped on her bike and rode around the block.' The subject in both the sentences is Jan.

Compound Subjects and Predicates—Compound Subjects and Predicates—
Compound Subject and Compound Predicate: A sentence can have a compound subject and a compound predicate.
Example:
Sue and Maria went to the mall and shopped for an hour.

Compound Sentences—A compound sentence structure shows that two thoughts are connected and of equal mportance:
Jenny hid the hen, and Benny tried (unsuccessfully) to hide the cow.
Max maintained that the database needed restructuring, but Laura disagreed.
Remember these four important characteristics of compound sentences:
1. A compound sentence is like a set of twins; each is a separate person, yet each is connected to the other with the same "make-up." That is, each has a subject, a verb, and words to complete the thought. Although they are joined by a linking word, each sentence of the compound is complete in itself and can stand alone.
2. The two parts of the compound sentence need to be linked correctly, with a comma and then a conjunction at the place where one sentence ends and the other begins.
3. Because there are two complete sentences in a compound sentence, each has equal weight in terms of the ideas being presented. That is, you may want to link sentences into a compound to show that their ideas are equally important.
4. The conjunction shows the relationship between the ideas:
and = the 2nd sentence contains the same type of idea
but = the 2nd sentence contains an equal but opposite idea
or = the 2nd sentence contains an equal choice
so = the 2nd sentence contains an equally important outcome or result

You will have a review test on Friday. Here are the questions. Come to school prepared.
1. Write a declarative sentence.
2. Write an interrogative sentence.
3. Write an imperative sentence.
4. Write an exclamatory sentence.
5. Write an exclamatory sentence with an interjection.
6. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
7. Write a sentence and circle the subject and underline the predicate.
8. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
9. Write a sentence with a compound subject.
10. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
11. Write a sentence with a compound predicate.
12. Write a sentence with a compound subject and a compound predicate.
13. 14. 15. Write three compound sentences with different conjunctions.