What Are Sentences?

      A sentence is a group of words that tells a whole story, or complete thought. 

Parts of a Sentence

      Every sentence has a subject and a predicate.

We rode our bikes to school.

'We' is the subject. 

      The subject is what the sentence is about. It's a noun.

      The predicate is the rest of the sentence that's not the subject.

      Every predicate has a verb that tells what the subject does or is.

      Every sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark.

Is this a sentence? 👇

rode bikes to school

Nope, it's not a sentence. It doesn't have a subject. 🚴

Is this a sentence? 👇

Run!

Yes! ✅ 

Sentences can be just one word long. That word will be a verb, and the subject is implied to be "you".

Tip: implied means not said, but still shown.

Four Types of Sentences

The four types of sentences are statements, questions, commands, and exclamations.

      Statements tell about something and end with a period.

The butterfly is colorful.

      Questions ask something and end with a question mark.

How cold is the water?

      Commands tell you to do something.

Eat your vegetables.

      Exclamations show excitement and end with an exclamation point.

Watch out!

Tip: Some sentences are both exclamations and commands.

Word Order

     ️️ The order of words in a sentence matters. It has to make sense.

Does this sentence make sense?

Derek finished his homework after dinner. ✅

Yes.

How about this one?👇

Derek homework after dinner finished his. ❌

Nope, that sentence makes no sense. 😹

So, we see that word order matters.

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