Examples: the chair; a table; an elephant *There is sometimes confusion about whether to use a or an. The sound of a word’s first letter helps us to know which to use: If a word begins with a vowel sound, you should use an; if a word begins with a consonant sound, you should use a. Features of sentences/Types of sentences Term Definition Declarative These are sentences which state facts. sentence e.g.: It is hot. (statement) The butter is in the fridge. Interrogative Interrogative sentences (questions) are sentences which ask for an answer. sentence e.g.: Are you hot? (question) Where is the butter? Imperative These are sentences which give orders or requests. sentence e.g.: Play the movie. (command) Give me a dinosaur for my birthday. Exclamatory Exclamatory sentences (exclamations) are sentences which express a strong feeling of sentence emotion. (exclamation) e.g.: My goodness, it’s hot! I absolutely love this movie! A clause is a group of words which does contain a verb; it is part of a sentence. There are two kinds of clauses: A main clause (makes sense on its own) e.g.: Sue bought a new dress. Clause A subordinate clause (does not make sense on its own; it depends on the main clause for its meaning) E.g.: Sue bought a new dress when she went shopping. *‘when she went shopping’ is the subordinate clause as it would not make sense without the main clause. Phrase A phrase is a group of words which does not make complete sense on its own and does not contain a verb; it is not a complete sentence: e.g.: up the mountain Vocabulary/language strategies
Examples: the chair; a table; an elephant *There is sometimes confusion about whether to use a or an. The sound of a word’s first letter helps us to know which to use: If a word begins with a vowel sound, you should use an; if a word begins with a consonant sound, you should use a. Features of sentences/Types of sentences Term Definition Declarative sentence (statement) These are sentences which state facts. e.g.: It is hot. The butter is in the fridge. Interrogative sentence (question) Interrogative sentences (questions) are sentences which ask for an answer. e.g.: Are you hot? Where is the butter? Imperative sentence (command) These are sentences which give orders or requests. e.g.: Play the movie. Give me a dinosaur for my birthday. Exclamatory sentence (exclamation) Exclamatory sentences (exclamations) are sentences which express a strong feeling of emotion. e.g.: My goodness, it’s hot! I absolutely love this movie! Clause A clause is a group of words which does contain a verb; it is part of a sentence. There are two kinds of clauses: A main clause (makes sense on its own) e.g.: Sue bought a new dress. A subordinate clause (does not make sense on its own; it depends on the main clause for its meaning) E.g.: Sue bought a new dress when she went shopping. *‘when she went shopping’ is the subordinate clause as it would not make sense without the main clause. Phrase A phrase is a group of words which does not make complete sense on its own and does not contain a verb; it is not a complete sentence: e.g.: up the mountain Vocabulary/language strategies
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