Sentence and NonSentence

1. SENTENCE
AND
NON-SENTENCE

2. 1. Troy met his friend at
the mall.
2. playing happily

3. 1. Troy met his friend at
the mall.
2. playing happily
Which of the group of words
expresses a complete thought or
idea?

4. 1. Troy met his friend at
the mall.
Sentence #1 expresses a complete
thought or idea.
Who met his friend? – Troy
What did Troy do at the mall? – met his
friend
Where Troy met his friend? – at the mall

5. 1. Troy met his friend at
the mall.
expresses a complete thought
or idea.
It can be understood easily, because
it is clear and complete.

6. Sentence

7. Sentence
is a group words that
express a complete
thought or idea.

8. Sentence
It begins with a
capital letter.

9. Sentence
It ends with a
punctuation mark.
Period (.)
Question Mark (?)
Exclamation point (!)

10. Sentence
-can answer one or
more of the
WH-questions.
Who, What, Where, When, and Why.

11. 1. Troy met his friend at
the mall.
Who met his friend? – Troy
What did Troy do at the mall? – met his
friend
Where Troy met his friend? – at the mall

12. Examples:
1.Stef loves reading
books.

14. Examples:
2. Anthony goes to
church every Sunday.

17. playing happily
something is missing
Who are playing happily?
Where are they playing?

18. playing happily
something is missing
It does not express a complete and
meaningful thought or idea.

19. Non-Sentence

20. Non-Sentence
is made up of
group of words but
does not tell a complete
thought or idea.

21. Non-Sentence
It also called
phrase.

22. Non-Sentence or Phrase
It begins with a
small letter.

23. It does not end
with a punctuation
mark.
Non-Sentence or Phrase

24. -cannot answer the
WH-questions
Non-Sentence or Phrase