A sentence is the major unit of grammar for language, especially in written form. A sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period or full-stop [.] or sometimes with a question mark [?] or a exclamation mark [!].
Still remember what a clause is, right? Simple sentence consists of one clause; and more than one clause in a complex sentence. There are four sentence types, they are:
- a statement
- Example:
- “I like you.”
- “She didn’t know you’re here.”
- “We are happy it’s Ramadan again.”
- Example:
- a question
- Example:
- “Are you OK?”
- “Can you hear me?”
- “Did you call me when I was doing my homework?”
- Example:
- an imperative
- Example:
- “Open the door.”
- “Stop writing.”
- “Don’t cheat during the test.”
- “Eat a lot of vegetables.”
- Example:
- an exclamation
- Example:
- “What a great idea!”
- “Wow, that was awesome!”
- “Congratulations!”
- “How lucky you are!”
- Example:
Compiled and written by @EnglishTips4U for @EnglishTips4U Saturday, August 6, 2011
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