Subject Plus Verb

Summary
A review lesson for middle grades on using imperative sentences.

Objectives
• to provide definitions and examples of four different sentence types;

• to review the concept of sentence types;

• to focus attention on imperative sentences;

• to provide review exercises to test students? understanding.

Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade

Excerpt
A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. Sentences are made from the eight parts of speech. We can use all eight parts of speech to make a sentence, or just two, but every sentence must have two things:

1. a subject: this is a noun or pronoun;
2. a predicate: this is a verb.

The subject of the sentence shows who or what does the action. A subject does not have to be a person. It can also be a place or a thing.

? James rowed the boat across the lake.
? The boat sprang a leak.
? Myers Lake was calm.
? Swans floated on the lake.

The verb is the action word. It shows what the subject is, does, or feels.

? James rowed the boat across the lake.
? The boat sprang a leak.
? Myers Lake is calm.

There are four kinds of sentences:

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