Parts of a Sentence and Sentence Structure

Identifying Sentence Types and Parts of Speech

• "The cat slept." is a complete sentence and a simple sentence.
• "She" is a pronoun.
• "The big dog" is a noun phrase.

Identifying Sentence Structures

• "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." is a complete sentence and a simple sentence.
• "He runs quickly." is a simple sentence.
• "The children" is a noun phrase.

Identifying Verb Phrases and Clauses

• "She enjoys reading books." is a complete sentence and a simple sentence.
• "Read your book." is an imperative sentence.
• "The man in the garden is a police officer." is a complete sentence and a complex sentence.

Identifying Modal Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs

• "Can you help me?" contains a modal verb (can) and is an interrogative sentence.
• "Will be running" is a verb phrase.
• "Her brother" is a noun phrase.

Identifying Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases

• "He quickly ran to the store." contains an adverb (quickly) and is a simple sentence.
• "After the storm, the sun appeared." is a complex sentence.
• "After the game, we went out to eat." is a complex sentence.

Identifying Noun Phrases and Prepositional Phrases

• "Samantha gave her friend a gift." is a complete sentence and a simple sentence.
• "On the table" is a prepositional phrase.
• "It was raining, so we stayed indoors." is a complex sentence.

Identifying Verb Forms and Sentence Types

• "She will arrive soon." contains an auxiliary verb (will) and is a simple sentence.
• "Must finish the work" contains a modal verb (must) and is an imperative sentence.