The Sentence

Lesson 1
Lesson 1 The Sentence

What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words which expresses a complete thought.

These are sentences (they express a complete

idea):

I like to swim.
Jack bakes tasty cookies.
Mary will quit his job.

These are not complete sentences (they don't express a complete

idea):
She gave me the.
Will build the house.
Tony watching a movie.
- What did she give?
- Who will build the house?
- Is Tony watching the movie now? Was he
watching the movie in the past? Or will he be
watching the movie in the future?

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Lesson 1 The Sentence

A sentence has four functions:

Declarative sentences state an idea.

They end with a period.
Example:
The first toilet ever seen on television was on Leave It to Beaver.
The problem with the gene pool is that there's no lifeguard.

Exclamatory sentences show strong emotions.

They end with an exclamation mark.
Example:
What a mess this room is!
The cake is ruined!

Try to give your own examples.

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Lesson 1 The Sentence

A sentence has four functions:

Interrogative sentences ask a question.
As you would expect, they end with a question mark.

Example:
How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm when they've seen Paris?
Why is it possible to tickle someone else but not to tickle yourself?

Imperative sentences give orders or directions, and so end with a

period or an exclamation mark.

Example: I
Sit down and listen!
Fasten your seatbelts when the sign is illuminated.

Try to give your own examples.

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Lesson 1 Types of Sentences

Does your sentence have SWAG?

S tarts with a capital letter.

W ritten neatly
A space between each word
G iven punctuation at the end.

you are tall.

Youaretall.
You are tall,

You are tall.

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Lesson 1 The Sentence

Give the type of each sentence. There are no end punctuation on these sentences
because that may give you the answer. Decide by the function of the sentence and
mark down the end punctuation.

1. Are you aware of the appointment tomorrow

2. Eat your supper
3. Oh, what a beautiful morning
4. Today is my birthday
5. What gifts did you receive for your birthday
6. Pay the bill
7. Shh, don't make any noise
8. Have you finished your homework
9. Debby, turn off the light
10. Brian participated in the baseball tournament

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Lesson 1 The Sentence

The eight parts of speech verbs, nouns, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives,

prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections

Three little words you often see How things are done the ADVERBS tell,
Are ARTICLES: a, an, and the. As: slowly, quickly, badly, well.

A NOUN's the name of anything, CONJUNCTIONS join the words together,

As: school or garden, toy, or swing. As: men and women, wind or weather.

ADJECTIVES tell the kind of noun, The PREPOSITION stands before

As: great, small, pretty, white, or brown. A noun as: in or through a door.

VERBS tell of something being done: The INTERJECTION shows surprise

To read, write, count, sing, jump, or run. As: Oh, how pretty! Ah! how wise!

The whole are called the PARTS of SPEECH,

Which reading, writing, speaking teach.

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Lesson 1 The Sentence

Interjection pronoun determiner

preposition
Well, she and my young John walk to school slowly.

noun verb noun adverb

conjunction

adjective
Try these sentences:
1. Michael quietly takes his English tests.
2. The puppy is beside the bed and is ready to jump onto it.
3. The clown chased a dog around the ring and then fell flat on her face.
4. She quickly disappeared from the crowd.
5. She drives incredibly slow.
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