What is a sentence?
A sentence is a word or phrase that has a complete sense. It begins with a capital letter.
Example:
Jackie is my best friend.
A sentence is incomplete if there is no mind or thought at all.
Example:
My friend.
Our leader.
With all my love.
His mother.
Types of Sentences
A sentence is a word or phrase that has a complete sense. It begins with a capital letter.
Example:
Jackie is my best friend.
A sentence is incomplete if there is no mind or thought at all.
Example:
My friend.
Our leader.
With all my love.
His mother.
Types of Sentences
1. Declarative sentence says something about a person, thing, place or event. It ends with a period (.)
Example:
The boy goes to school.
My mother baked cookies.
Mount St. Helens is showing signs of activity.
2. Interrogative sentence asks questions. It ends with a question mark (?)
Example:
Is this your friend away?
Why are you crying?
Where are you going?
3. Imperative sentence. There are two kinds of imperative sentences.
a) Application - Use the words Please and kindly.
Example:
Please pass your papers forward.
Please give me a hand with that.
b) Command - The tone of the sentence is like giving an order.
Example:
Do your homework now.
Will you two stop arguing?
4. Exclamatory sentence expresses strong feelings or emotions. It ends with an exclamation point (!).
Example:
Example:
The boy goes to school.
My mother baked cookies.
Mount St. Helens is showing signs of activity.
2. Interrogative sentence asks questions. It ends with a question mark (?)
Example:
Is this your friend away?
Why are you crying?
Where are you going?
3. Imperative sentence. There are two kinds of imperative sentences.
a) Application - Use the words Please and kindly.
Example:
Please pass your papers forward.
Please give me a hand with that.
b) Command - The tone of the sentence is like giving an order.
Example:
Do your homework now.
Will you two stop arguing?
4. Exclamatory sentence expresses strong feelings or emotions. It ends with an exclamation point (!).
Example:
We are here at the end!
My God, she's beautiful!
Transformer types of sentences
A sentence can be changed by different sentences with minor adjustments. Our example is this sentence: Ann is a good student. (Who is a declarative sentence)
1. Interrogative sentence
Ann is a good student?
2. Imperative sentence
My God, she's beautiful!
Transformer types of sentences
A sentence can be changed by different sentences with minor adjustments. Our example is this sentence: Ann is a good student. (Who is a declarative sentence)
1. Interrogative sentence
Ann is a good student?
2. Imperative sentence
a) Application
Please be a good student, Ann.
b) Command
Be a good student, Ann.
3. Exclamatory sentence
Yes! Ann is a good student.
Looking at the example sentences above, you can see how easy it is to change a sentence with just a small adjustment to say something completely different.