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 of the following sentences is correctly capitalized?
the cat is sleeping on the sofa.
She loves to read books.
i am going to the store.
Do You Want To Go To The Park?
Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?
The teacher is coming to class?
What is your favorite color.
Are you going to the gym.
What are you doing?
Sort the words to form a correct sentence.
Fill the blanks with the correct capitalization and punctuation using the words in parentheses.
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(it) was a beautiful sunny day. Mia and her brother, Sam, decided to go to the park(2)
Mia grabbed her kite, (3)
(and) Sam brought his soccer ball. "(4)
(do) you want to play with my kite (5)
" Mia asked. Sam looked at the sky and said, "(6)
(it) is too windy for a soccer game, I can try flying your kite instead." "That that sounds great (7)
" Mia replied, excited. They ran to the open field, and after a few tries, (8)
(the) kite went high into the sky. (9)
(as) they watched the kite, they forgot about the time. "It is getting late," Mia said. "We better go home now!"
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