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What is a sentence?
Topic Started: Apr 10 2014, 10:59 AM (296 Views)
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I. A Sentence:
A sentence is a group of words that is used to make a statement, to ask a question, or to give an order or make a request.
A sentence should provide the person hearing it or reading it with enough information for them to form a complete idea in their mind of the message that is being communicated to them.

Ex:
My new house is very small.
Their son doesn't want to go on holiday with them.
Tell me what you think of it.
Are you going into town this afternoon?
What a lovely day it has been!


However, if a group of words that does not convey a complete message is not a complete sentence

the boy along the road
their new car yesterday
we cannot have with us .

II. Types of sentence:
There are 4 main types of sentence
1. Declarative sentences: make statements
Ex:
That isn't the way to do it.
Lions and tigers belong to the cat family.

2. Interrogative sentences: ask questions
Ex:
What are you doing?
Am I too late?
3. Imperative sentences: give orders or to make requests
Ex:
Come and have a cup of tea.
Mind your own business.
Come back!
4. Exclamatory sentences: Express opinions or feelings with force or strong emotion, like exclamations
Ex: What a fool I've been!
How I hate maths!

*Some grammarians recognize a fifth sentence type, Optative sentences: express wishes
Ex:
God save the Queen!
Peace be upon him.
May you live a long and happy life together.
Optative sentences are not as common as the other four types of sentence.
Optative sentences formed with "May"/ "God save…! Long live…!"

III. Exercises:

I. Which of the following groups of words are sentences, and which are not?
Put a capital letter at the beginning and a full stop at the end of the examples you think are complete sentences.

1. closed the door
2. the little girls sang beautifully
3. had a pain in her back
4. big grey woolly
5. she went into the garden
6. like cake tomorrow
7. we saw her last week
8. was crying bitterly in her bedroom
9. big and very strong
10. the teacher was very cross
11. the boys laughed
12. laughed out loud
13. for breakfast every day
14. your nice new is
15. he lost his lovely new watch
16. she opened the
17. climbed up the hill
18. the door opened

I. Decide whether the following sentences are declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory or optative, and mark them 'Dec', 'Int', 'Imp', 'Exc' and 'Opt' as appropriate.

1. He is leaving tomorrow.
2. Are you coming with us?
3. Don't move!
4. God bless this ship and all who sail in her.
5. How much does it cost?
6. There's been a nasty accident in Oxford Street.
7. Who were you speaking to just now?
8. The birds flew from the nest.
9. May I go to the party?
10. May the best man win.
11. Peter cut his foot on a sharp stone.
12. I ought to leave now.
13. May I leave now?
14. Don't leave yet.
15. What a silly idea!
16. What is the highest mountain in the world!
17. Shut that door!
18. I was at a meeting all morning.
19. Do have some more wine.
20. Would you like some more wine?
21. How did you get here so soon?
22. How right you are!
Edited by anhsaosang10, Apr 13 2014, 07:58 AM.
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