cl-7 Kinds of Sentences

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a OS ge neeeh tad LO CUROT] FP ee 6. Kinds of bed Sentences (Revision) | You Know A sentence is a group of words that make complete sense. A sentence can be a statement (assertive sentence)—it tells us something. © Maya opened the door. A sentence can be a question (interrogative sentence)—it asks something. © Did Maya open the door? A sentence can be a request—it requests someone for something. © Open the door, please. A sentence can be an order—it orders someone to do something. © Open the door at once. Orders and requests are called imperative sentences. A sentence can make an exclamation (exclamatory sentences) —it expresses surprise, wonder, fear or other strong emotions. © What a beautifully carved door! A sentence begins with a capital letter. Statements and orders end with a full stop. A question ends with a question mark. An exclamation ends with an exclamation mark. Exercises A. Rearrange the words in each line to make orders or requests, 1. under, control, keep, your, dog wcaborl 2. name, write, your, at, top, of, the paper, the 3, aglass, bring, me, of, water fi a stop, and, homework, start, your doing lch.ple i Be era ete himatnent hs 5. help, tidy up, please, me, to, the room 6. help, need, your, i, am, sorry, you, trouble, to, but, i vole. Arscalele.ayers.ydek. J, He 7, talk, kindly, to, me, allow BL Change the following statements, into exclamations. The first one is done as _an example. 5 She dances gracefully. The mighty have fallen. tees. 6. The weather was pleasant. 7. You have a lovely garden. 8. [hate touching sticky things, Hre..d.cheite..bece hing. bicd...Abfogs C. The following questions are written incorrectly. Write them correctly. The first one has been done as an example. 1, When you returned home last night? id you return home last night? 2. Why you not tell the truth to your parents? Athens... eine... pdlden ie tee). Fa 7. How much money they spent on their daughter’s wedding? pee... tranchn..... ere Rd elie. Nie 4bend on {few A eA ’g tie ot eee Fun Task Work in groups. Have one person from the group make an observation using a statement (an assertive sentence). Other members of the group should respond to the statement using the other kinds of sentences. Continue the activity till every member of the group has had a chance to make a statement. Example: Student A: It’s very warm today. student B: © Warm! More like blazing hot!

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