What Are Simple Sentences?

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A simple sentence

contains one independent clause

. A compound sentence

What are 10 simple sentences?

  • Does he play tennis?
  • The train leaves every morning at 18 AM.
  • Water freezes at 0°C.
  • I love my new pets.
  • They don’t go to school tomorrow.
  • We drink coffee every morning.
  • 7.My Dad never works on the weekends.
  • Cats hate water.

How do you identify a simple sentence?

A simple sentence

must be a single independent clause

in order to be a simple sentence. It is a complete thought and can stand alone. A dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete thought.

What are the 4 types of simple sentences?

  • Declarative sentence.
  • Imperative sentence.
  • Interrogative sentence.
  • Exclamatory sentence.

What is a simple sentence example?

A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a subject, a verb, and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences include the following: Joe waited for the train.

The train was late.

What are 5 sentences?

  • My mom taught me to finish everything on my plate at dinner.
  • The only problem with a pencil, is that they do not stay sharp long enough.
  • Our school building is made of bricks.
  • Every night I get woken up by the sound of a barking dog across the street.
  • Salad is for rabbits.

What are sentences 10 examples?

  • I ate dinner.
  • We had a three-course meal.
  • Brad came to dinner with us.
  • He loves fish tacos.
  • In the end, we all felt like we ate too much.
  • We all agreed; it was a magnificent evening.

What are 10 good sentences?

  • It felt so good to be home. 728. …
  • You have a good family. 395. …
  • She is such a good seamstress. 450. …
  • It was a good thing they were going home tomorrow. …
  • It was all just good clean fun. …
  • It meant a good deal to him to secure a home like this. …
  • It would do no good to ask him why. …
  • He had done one good deed.

How do you write 5 sentences?

  1. Brainstorm. To begin, the elementary student puts her ideas down on paper in a web centered around the main idea. …
  2. Outline. …
  3. Write the Paragraph. …
  4. Look It Over.

Are examples sentences?

[M] [

T] Tom and John are good friends.

[M] [T] Two students are absent today. [M] [T] We are staying at our uncle’s. [M] [T] You and he are both very kind.

Can a question be a simple sentence?

A basic simple sentence consists of a main clause (an independent clause). It has one verb and a subject, and it may have an object that expresses a complete thought. … Questions can also include a

simple sentence with complexity

: a question tag.

Is my sentence a simple sentence?

A simple sentence is

a sentence that consists of just one independent clause

. A simple sentence has no dependent clauses. (An independent clause (unlike a dependent clause) can stand alone as a sentence.)

What are some good sentence starters?

Some words are indeed notable for being good sentence starters. The list will include the following:

although, I would like to, first, meanwhile, therefore, subsequently, while, I would like to, moreover, in general, in addition, furthermore

.

What are small sentences called?


Truncated sentences

are often referred to as short sentences, but there is a difference between short sentences and truncated sentences. A truncated sentence has to have been cut short – there need to be words missing. For example: “I like reading” “I like reading more than Diane [does]”

What is type of sentence?


declarative sentence

(statement) … interrogative sentence (question) imperative sentence (command) exclamative sentence (exclamation)

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