Read the following examples.
Liza has lost her pen. She is looking for it. She says:
I have lost my ball point pen.
I cannot find it anywhere. Have you seen my pen?
Oh, how absentminded I am!
I kept it in my drawer.
If anyone gets it, please give it back
Each of these examples has a number of words arranged in a proper order and the words are arranged in a sequence that makes a complete sense.
Activity 1
Now read the following text and fill in the gaps to define what a sentence is. A sentence is a group of ______ with at least a _______ and a _______ A sentence has a complete ________.
Types of sentences
Now read the following dialogue between a son and a mother.
Son : Hi Mom!
Mom: Hi dear!
Son : Mom, I have to go to Minhaz's house now.
Mom: No, it is almost dusk. You cannot go out now.
Son: Please, mom. His father is sick. We have to take him to a hospital.
Mom: Oh, I see. Did Minhaz ring you?
Son: Yes, Mom.
Mom: Okay. Go then, but don't be late.
Son : So nice of you, mom!
Mom: Go. Hurry up and take care.
Son : Bye, Mom.
Mom: Bye, dear.
Read the following chart which shows some of the sentence types with one example of each type.
Activity 2
Follow the examples of sentence types and write a couple of sentences for each type.
Affirmative : ________________________________________________
: ________________________________________________
Negative : _________________________________________________
: _________________________________________________
Interrogative : ______________________________________________
: _________________________________________________
Imperative : _______________________________________________
: _________________________________________________
Exclamatory: ______________________________________________
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