CAMBRIDGE LOWER SECONDARY ENGLISH 8: LANGUAGE WORKSHEET 6.

Name Date

Statements
A sentence functioning as a statement will contain a subject before a verb:
The book is on the table. My house has a green door. She is clever.

1 The sentences below are not punctuated. Put a full stop at the end of the sentences that can be
statements and add a tick (). You may find some that cannot be statements – for any of these, add an
appropriate punctuation mark.

a Shut the door

b Can you bring me that
c London is the capital of the United Kingdom
d The boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius
e Who is joining us for dinner
f My birthday is next month
g Put that down
h Mammals produce milk
i The classroom is locked
j The Olympics are held every four years

Questions
A sentence that functions as a question will ask for information from a listener or reader. Questions
have different grammatical structures depending on the type of question.

verb then subject

Yes/no questions
Are you coming to my party?

where, how, when, what or why start the sentence

Wh– questions
Where is the party?

the sentence contains the word ‘or’ and offers a choice

Alternative questions
Will you go to the party or stay at home?
same structure as a statement, but the voice goes up at the end (called ‘rising
(spoken only) intonation’)

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Intonation questions The party is on Monday night?

2 Write yes/no, wh–, alternative or intonation to indicate each type of question in the table.

Yes/no, wh–, alternative or intonation

a Will you be exercising or resting this

weekend?

b How many languages do you speak?

c Where are you going?

d Did you see that film last night?

e Are you going by train or flying?

f You’ve already done it?

g Are you planning to go university?

h Who else is coming?

Commands
A sentence functioning as a command tells a listener or reader to do something. Generally, verbs
will be at the start of the sentence, for example:
Put that down. Go over there. Come here. Boil the water.
3 The verbs are missing from the instructions below. Choose a verb from the word box to go in
each gap.

check add cook leave serve add heat mix cover

Squash and cabbage sabzi recipe

oil in a frying pan and add nigella seeds.

ginger and garlic. for 1 minute.

the squash, cabbage, spices and 1 tsp salt.

everything together well with a splash of water.

the pan with a lid.

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to steam for 7–8 minutes over a low heat.

if the squash is cooked.

with dhal, chutney and rice or roti when it is fully cooked.

Exclamations
A sentence functioning as an exclamation will express sudden emotion or feeling. In writing, this is
indicated with an exclamation mark (!).
4 Some of the sentences below are exclamations; others are statements or questions that have been
changed into exclamations. Add a tick next to the sentences that are exclamations. For the
others, cross out the exclamation mark and add a full stop or question mark.

a You were amazing! 

b Come here now! 
c Why did you say that! 
d She is the fastest runner! 
e The teacher is coming! 
f Go away! 
g Where are my keys! 
h That was terrible! 
i Ouch! 
j Are you really going to do that! 

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