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Ilovepdf - Merged (3) - 141-150
Ilovepdf - Merged (3) - 141-150
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12 Interjections
Oh dear! Happy
Cheers! Birthday!
Wow!
Goodness!
Ouch! Oh!
Ssh! Good!
Oh no!
Hooray!
Thanks!
Help!
Good luck!
Well done!
Gosh!
Hey!
Look out!
Merry Christmas!
Happy New Year!
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Notice that an exclamation point (!) is often
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13 Sentences
What is a Sentence?
Sentence
?
capital period
a statement begins letter subject verb
with a capital letter and
ends with a period.
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Kinds of Sentences
Stand, everyone!
Tidy your bedroom immediately!
Choose a partner!
Eat plenty of vegetables.
Find some nice round pebbles.
Come back soon!
OK, children, open your Take a sandwich.
books to page 25. Come and look at this, Tom!
Do sit down.
Do check these figures again.
Please help yourselves to some food.
Please don’t change anything on
Please come in. my computer.
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You can also use the helping verb would to
Gr
elp
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Exercise
Look at the groups of words below. Do you know
which are sentences and which are not?
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The Subject and the Object
indirect direct
object object
Dad bought
James a bike.
elp
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Exercise 1
Read the following sentences. Then draw a line
under the subjects and a circle around the objects.
1 Anne has drawn a panda.
2 They are playing table tennis.
3 Little Kate knows the alphabet well.
4 Dad bought a computer.
5 I am writing a letter.
6 Birds have feathers.
7 The workmen are building a house.
8 Samantha has a pretty doll.
9 The children received one gift each.
10 Do you know the answer?
Exercise 2
There are two objects in each sentence. Draw a
line under the direct objects and a circle around the
indirect objects.
1 Dad gave Dave a present.
2 Mom is making the children a meal.
3 Mr. Thomas bought them ice cream cones.
4 I sent Anne a birthday card.
5 Granny told us a story.
6 The waiter brought the guests their drinks.
7 Can I get you a sandwich?
8 The police officer showed us the way to the museum.
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