KINDS OF SENTENCES

TABLA DE CONTENIDO

UNIT 1 2

UNIT 2 7

UNIT 3 10

UNIT 4 12

UNIT 5 15

UNIT 6 18

UNIT 7 19

UNIT 8 21

UNIT 9 24

UNIT ONE

KINDS OF SENTENCES

There are 4 types of sentences.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

• Imperative

• Exclamatory

Each kind of sentence ends with its own special punctuation mark. Let's look at each of these sentences.

TYPE OF SENTENCE USE PUNCTUATION MARK

Declarative Makes a statement Period ( . )

Interrogative Asks a question Question Mark ( ? )

Imperative Gives a command or makes a request Period ( . )

Exclamatory Expresses strong feeling Exclamation Mark( ! )

HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES.

Declarative • Sharon and Paul found a lost puppy.

• We get lots of snow in the winter.

• I visited Paris.

• We have two grocery stores.

Interrogative • May I borrow your pencil sharpener?

• What time do you get up in the morning?

• What time is it?

• Are you in love?

Imperative • Do your homework.

• Study very hard.

• Visit your dad.

• Make the bed.

EXCERSICES

1. Write two examples of each kind of sentence. (declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative)

DECLARATIVE

• I love to travel.

• She visited her mom yesterday.

• I make the breakfast.

• The phone is ring.

INTERROGATIVE

• Do you work?

• What happen?

• What do you want to eat?

• Where do you live?

EXCLAMATORY

• Nice to meet you!

• Good job!

• Nice place!

• Great!

IMPERATIVE

• Write a letter.

• Buy a car.

• Drive a cat.

• Bring me this book please.

2. Identify the subjects of the following sentences by underlining them once.

• The dry air pushed its way across the street

• Showers dampened various parts of the country.

• The weather service declared a flash flood watch

• Miami expects early morning clouds.

• The weather vane pointed in the direction of the wind.

• The heavy rainfall was unusual.

• Birds fly south for many reasons.

• The storm started in Canada.

PRESENT TENSE FORM OF THE VERB “BE”

This verb changes in the first, second and third person singular.

FORM SUBJECT BE VERB Contraction EXAMPLE

1st person I am I'm I'm here.

2nd person you are you're You're busy.

3rd person he is he's He's a friend.

3rd person she is she's She's a doctor.

3rd person it is it's It's cold today.

1st person pl. we are we're We're hungry.

2nd person pl. you are you're You're beautiful.

3rd person pl. they are they're They're asleep.

PAST TENSE FORM OF THE VERB “BE”

The verb "be" has two forms in the past tense: was and were

The verb form “was” is used with all singular subjects except you, always say and write you were.

Singular Plural

I was We were

You were You were

He was

They were

She was

It was

Examples

• I was in my classroom yesterday.

• He was at a movie last night.

• She was at home.

• This cantaloupe was in my garden this morning.

• It was delicious.

• We were at school yesterday.

• You were on this website earlier.

• They were outside in the snow.

FUTURE TENSE FORM OF THE VERB “BE”

There should be no problem in making this particular form of the future tense since will does not change with the subject and the main verb is the form that you would find in a dictionary and so does not change either.

SINGULAR AND PLURAL

+ I, she, he, it, you, we, they will

’ll

− I, she, he, it, we, you, they

I, she, he, it, you, we, they (full form)

will not

(short form)

won’t

? + Will

? − Won’t I, she, he, it, you, we, they be working?

Examples

• I'll be travelling for business the next three weeks.

• I'll be studying until 10 o'clock tonight.

• They'll be staying in a hotel until their roof is repaired.

• My friend will be coming home at the end of the year.

• A hard winter will be coming before long.

• I will go to the cinema tonight.

• He will play tennis tomorrow.

• She will be happy with her exam results.

• They will take the bus to the South next week.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS

FORM

[has/have + been + present participle]

Positive Negative Question

I / you / we / they I have been speaking. I have not been speaking. Have I been speaking?

he / she / it He has been speaking. He has not been speaking. Has he been speaking?

Examples:

• You have been waiting here for two hours.

• Have you been waiting here for two hours?

• You have not been waiting here for two hours.

• She has been waiting for you all day.

• I've been working on this report since eight o'clock this morning.

• They have been travelling since last October.

VERB AGREEMENT WITH “THERE”

RULES:

1. Use there IS for singular nouns (one item).

2. Use there IS for non-count items (group nouns).

3. Use there ARE for many items (plural nouns). There is a spider on the wall.

There is milk on the floor.

There are pencils on my desk.

Examples

SINGULAR PLURAL

Affirmative sentences There's a cat in the room. There are two cats in the room.

Negative sentences There's not a cat in the room.

There are not two cats in the room.

There isn't a cat in the room.

There's no cat in the room. There are no cats in the room.

Questions Is there a cat in the room? Are there two cats in the room?

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