It can use either a full stop or an exclamation mark, if it is urgent.Īn exclamation always uses an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence to express a strong emotion. Often a question changes the usual order of the words at the beginning of a sentence.Ī command uses a verb to give instructions. Ī statement states a fact, idea or opinion and finishes with a full stop.Ī question uses a question mark at the end of the sentence to show that something is being asked. If we think about sentences as having jobs to do, there are four main types of sentences: questions, commands, exclamations, statements. ('Powerfully' is an adverb, modifying the verb 'move'.) ('Powerful' is an adjective, modifying the noun 'predators'.) To be able to identify whether it is an adjective or an adverb, you need to work out the word that is being modified. Sometimes it adds information to an adjective or another adverb.
Īn adverb mainly adds information to the verb. In other words they alter, change or add detail to other words in a sentence.Īn adjective adds information to a noun or pronoun. Adjectives and adverbsĪdjectives and adverbs work as modifiers. In the second sentence the verb ‘were’ tells us their state of being – in this case being happy.įind out more about verbs. In the first sentence, the word ‘won’ shows the action: what the team did. Verbs can also show when things happened.Įxample sentence: As usual, Mr. Without a verb, it would be difficult to create a sentence. He / him are pronouns used instead of his name.Ī verb is a word that shows an action (physical or mental) or state of being. He completed all the questions and shared the correct answers with the class when the teacher asked him to.
Some examples of pronouns are: I, it, he, she, mine, his, hers, we, they, theirs, our, someone, anyone, and everyone. Nouns are words that are used to name people, things, animals, places, ideas, or events. Some of the main parts of speech include: noun, pronoun, verb, adverb and adjective. Words create sentences and different words do different jobs in a sentence.
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