Sentences, Sentences…What

Makes a sentence?Mrs. Atwell – 6th grade

Types of Sentences Declarative: states an idea and ends with a period.

Ex. Space travel is very exciting.

Interrogative: asks a question and ends with a question mark

Ex. Which planet is closest to Earth?

Exclamatory: conveys strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.

Ex. What an outrage that is!

Imperative: gives an order or a direction and ends with either a period or exclamation mark.

Ex. Follow the directions carefully.

Ex. Wait for me!

Types of Sentences, practice The Italian word for “moon” is luna

Wow, that’s how you say it in Spanish, too

What words in English do you know with the luna root

I have heard the words lunatic and lunacy

Tell me what they mean

Lunatic means ”insane” and lunacy means “insanity”

Does that make sense to you

Well, the word moonstruck means “crazy” or “insane,” so it makes sense to me

Oh, look at the time

Don’t be late

NOUNS

Definition: is a person, place or thing It answers the question: “who” or “what” is the

sentence about Ex. The toad hopped.

Who hopped?toad

PEOPLE PLACES THINGS

runner Ohio movie

Mrs. Fisher theater hunger

Ann Stadium race

sailor Rocky Mountains love

NOUNS, practice Meets include many different events. Edward runs the hurdles. First, the runners wait for the signal to start. They place their feet in starting blocks. A loud bang signals the start of the race. All runners race toward the finish line. Ten barriers stand along the track. Runners jump high over the hurdles. Speed, flexibility and coordination are important for

success. Hurdles are more complicated than the sprints.

COMPOUND NOUNS

Definition: one noun made by joining two or more words

Single Words Hyphenated Words Separate Words

crossbar shot-put dinner jacket

firefighter right-hander pole vault

thunderstorm middle-distance pen pal

COMPOUND NOUNS, practice My sister-in-law wrote a short story about jogging.

I hope to follow in her footsteps as a road runner.

Her backpack holds a wristwatch and her running shoes.

Her mailbox is always full of running newsletters.

The doorbell rings when fellow runners stop by.

A track circles the football stadium at our high school.

On the weekends, she runs in the countryside.

Running cross-country provides a great workout for her.

Baseball and basketball players also do a lot of running.

Her former roommate is a track star.

COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS

Common Noun: names any one of a group of people, places or things

Proper Noun: names a specific person, place or thing and is always capitalized

COMMON NOUN PROPER NOUN

scientist Madam Curie

relative Aunt Carol

city Atlanta

State Kentucky

book Julie of the Wolves

holiday Labor Day

COMMON AND PROPER NOUNS, practice Runner Penn Games France Relay Nile River University Gail Devers Mercedes Lopez Judge stadium

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Definition: a word for a group of specific items, animals or people

ACTIVITY: You will find a collective noun that you like and draw a picture of it.

POSSESSIVE NOUN

Definition: shows ownership or possession Answers the question, whose? How do you show possession?

For singular noun, add an apostrophe and an s

For plural noun that end in s, add an apostrophe

POSSESSIVE NOUN

POSSESSIVE NOUN, practice

The whippoorwills cry was lovely. The prairie warbler flew very close to the car

windshield. Tess idea for planting baby oak trees was

popular. At the bridge, the wolves trail seemed to fade. The campers plan was to be quiet and not

disturb the deer.