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Target 6: Sentences – General Rules

What is a sentence? Sentences are statements, questions or commands.

There are
4 rules to Rule A sentence is a group of

remember 1 words that make sense.

for writing
sentences.

Rule A sentence begins
2 with a capital letter.

Rule
Sentences must end in a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation
3
mark. Use:

 a full stop for a statement The dog is sitting down.
 a question mark for a question Is the dog sitting down?
 an exclamation mark to show a command Sit down!

All complete sentences have a verb. Rule
4
As you know, the verb is the word that tells you what is
happening in the sentence (the ‘doing’ or ‘being’ word).

Look at this example:

Rule

Rule It begins with a 3

2 capital letter. It ends in a
full stop.
Wood floats on water.

It contains a verb (floats).
Rule
4
The words also make sense- so Rule

this is a complete sentence! 1

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