We are three weeks into the school year and Sydney was hard at work studying for her first language test today. She was practicing the hand motions to the definitions of the words she needed to know.
A sentence is a group of words that makes a complete thought. It always begins with a capital letter and usually ends with a period.
A fragment is a separated part of a sentence that does not make a complete thought.
A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period.
An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.
An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period, or an exclamation point.
An exclamatory sentence shows sudden or strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point.
A run-together sentence is a poorly written sentence containing too many ideas joined by and, and so, or and then.
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