Sentences For beginners
In this lesson we learn about sentences, which are groups of words that express a complete thought and consist of a subject and a predicate. Simple explanations and easy examples to understand their use.
What Is a Sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that typically has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete idea.
Capitalization
The first letter of the first word of all sentences, including declarative, exclamatory, and imperative sentences and questions, is always capitalized.
The dog is playing outside.
Show me your new dress.
What a beautiful dress!
Where do you live?
Punctuation
Declarative sentences normally end with a full stop (.) while questions end with a question mark (?).
You must cut your hair.
Do you want to buy that dress?
Where did you buy your dress?
Quiz:
Which sentence is correctly capitalized?
the dog is playing outside.
The dog is playing outside.
the Dog is playing outside.
The Dog Is Playing Outside.
Which sentence ends with the correct punctuation mark?
What's your name!
What's your name;
What's your name?
What's your name.
Sort the words in each scrambled sentence to form a correct and meaningful sentence.
Choose the correct punctuation mark for each sentence.
She goes to school every day
Where are you going
Please close the door when you leave
What a beautiful house
When can we meet again
Which sentence is incorrectly punctuated?
She is reading a book.
Where do you want to go?
What a beautiful day!
Where did you put the keys.
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