What makes a sentence?

​4 Things

1. A capital letter at the beginning of the sentence.

2. Punctuation at the end.

3. At least 1 noun

4. At least 1 verb

There are many symbols for punctuation, but only 3 symbols can end a sentence.

1. Period.
2. Question Mark?
3. Exclamation Point!

​Punctuation

Capital letters are BIG. Lower case letters are small.

Examples: The first letter is capital. The second letter is lower case.

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn

Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

​Capital Letters

Capital Letters and Punctuation

Action Words

Examples:

eat, ran, jumps, cries, laughs...

​Verbs

Person
Place
Thing

* pronouns can be the subject, too (he, she, they, it, we...)

Noun (Subject of a sentence)

Nouns and Verbs

1. We eat cake.

2. I like to dance.

3. What time is it?

4. What is your name?

5. My students are very smart!

6. I love teaching 2nd period!

​Correct Sentences

1. Cake. (missing a verb)

2. I eat cake (missing punctuation)

3. we eat cake! (missing a capital

   letter)

NOT a Sentence

Sentence or Not a Sentence