| TYPES OF SENTENCES | EXAMPLES | ||||||||||||||||
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| A statement tells something. It ends with a period. | The football game was on Friday. The coach made an important announcement. | ||||||||||||||||
| A question asks for information. It ends with a question mark. | What did the coach say? | ||||||||||||||||
| An exclamation shows surprise or strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark. | That’s fantastic news! I can’t believe it! | ||||||||||||||||
| A command tells you what to do or what not to do. It usually begins with a verb. It often ends with a period. If a command shows strong emotion, it ends with an exclamation mark. | Give the team my congratulations. Buy a ticket for me, too. Don’t forget!  | ||||||||||||||||
| NEGATIVE SENTENCES | EXAMPLES | ||||||||||||||||
| A negative sentence uses a negative word like not. | |||||||||||||||||
| • Add not after am, is, are, was, or were. | The game in Hawaii was not boring! | ||||||||||||||||
| • Add do not, does not, or did not before all other verbs. | The other team did not play well. | ||||||||||||||||
| • Combine the verb and not to make a contraction. | Our team did n’t make any mistakes. | ||||||||||||||||
Contractions with not
To make a contraction, take out one or more letters and add an apostrophe (').
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| CAPITALIZATION IN SENTENCES | EXAMPLES | ||||||||||||||||
| Every sentence begins with a capital letter. | O ur team was very proud. W hat do you think of all this? I t’s a wonderful story! | ||||||||||||||||
= aren’t
= isn’t
= can’t
= wasn’t
= weren’t
= don’t
= doesn’t
= didn’t