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Sentences

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Meaning:A sentence is a

group of words which starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark (!). A sentence contains or implies a predicate and a subject.

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SubjectPredicate

Parts of the sentences

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SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES

Every complete sentences contains two parts: subject and predicate.The subject is what (or whom)the sentence is about while the predicate tells something about the subject.

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Example:Judy and her dog run on the beach every morning.Judy and the dog are the subjects.Running on the beach is predicate.

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•My little brother broke his finger.•His uncle bob asked for directions.•Those soldiers carried guns.•Our babysitter arrived late

ExerciseCan you find the subject in

each sentences below?

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•My little brother broke his finger.•His uncle bob asked for directions.•Those soldiers carried guns.•Our babysitter arrived late

ExerciseAnswers:

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•My little brother broke his finger.•His uncle bob asked for directions.• Those soldiers carried guns.•Our babysitter arrived late

ExerciseCan you find the predicate in each sentences below?

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•My little brother broke his finger.•His uncle bob asked for directions.• Those soldiers carried guns.•Our babysitter arrived late

ExerciseAnswers

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There are four different kinds of sentencesDeclarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

Kinds of sentences

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• A declarative sentence makes a statement.

• He likes pepperoni pizza.• The umbrella is green.• Mrs. Smith is a teacher.

Declarative Sentence

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• An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.

• Do you like pepperoni pizza?• Have you seen my umbrella?• Who is your teacher?

Interrogative Sentence

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• An imperative sentence gives a command. It ends with a full stop.

• Go to your room.• Throw me the ball.• Bob, please close the door.

Imperative Sentence

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• An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation point.

• Hooray!• Wow! That’s great news!

Exclamatory Sentence

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• Are you going to the movies tonight?

• What a great movie that was!• “Open to Chapter 5 of your math

book.”• There are many different kinds of

animals at the zoo.

Exercisefind the types

sentences below ?

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• Are you going to the movies tonight?- Interrogative

• What a great movie that was!- Exclamatory

• “Open to Chapter 5 of your math book.”- Imperative

• There are many different kinds of animals at the zoo- Declarative

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