SAINT PAUL’S SCHOOL, RAJKOT

Chapter 1: Sentences (I)

Std :III Div :____ Subject : English I Name:__________________ Roll No.:_____

Hey Kids !!!

Remember me……. Mr. Blinky is here to talk
to you and I have with me Rahul, Aisha and
Peter with their pets. Let us see what are
they saying?

I have ducks
Peter yellow coloured
I pet a is as pet
Rahul brown dog
Shooky.

Aisha
I have a cute
little rabbit
named Kookie.

You would notice that only the

group of words that Aisha has spoken
makes a complete sense. The group of
words spoken by Rahul and Peter
make some sense but not complete
sense. They do not give us complete A group of words that
understanding. makes complete sense
when read together, is
called a sentence.

Remember:
 A sentence mostly
begins with a
capital letter. Examples:
 A sentence must end
with a full stop (.) or a
question mark (?) or an 1. The monkey eats a
exclamation mark (!) banana.
j depending on the type 2. Do you have a puppy?
of sentence it is. 3. Wow, what a game it was!
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 Exercise A
Match the group of words in the two columns to make meaningful sentences
and rewrite the statements. One has been done for you.

Exercise B
Rearrange the following words to form sentences. Don’t forget to start the
sentences with a capital letter and end them with a full stop.

1. talk don‟t‟ to strangers please

2. seven colours there in a rainbow are

3. red roses the very smell nice

4. sun the in the rises east

5. the shining moon tonight

is brightly

6. stars at the twinkle night

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 TYPES OF SENTENCES

Sentences are used for various purposes. We use sentences for making a
statement, asking a question, ordering or requesting or expressing a strong
feeling. According to their use, we can classify sentences into four types.

 Imperative sentences
 Exclamatory sentences

 Assertive sentences
 Interrogative sentences

(1) IMPERATIVVE SENTENCES:

An Imperative sentence expresses a command or a request.
It always ends with a full stop (.). When Imperative sentence is negative it
begins with “Don‟t” or “Do not”.
In such sentences the subject may be missing. It is understood.

Examples:
1) (You) Get up. 2) (You) Please help me.

3) (You) Stop it. 4) Don’t be late.

5) Please sit down. 6) Switch off the fan

Exercise C
Read the situations and write the imperative sentences for the given
situations. One has been done for you.

1. The teacher asks the students to open their books.

Ans. Open your book. / Please open your books.

2. The policeman asks Robert to drive slowly.

3. The doctor advises the patient not to eat ice cream.
4. David wants some money to buy a gift for his friend.
5. When you want to ask someone to shut the door.

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 (2)EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES:
An Exclamatory sentence expresses a strong feeling. We put an exclamation
mark (!) at the end of an Exclamatory sentence or at the end of the
exclamatory word. In such sentences the verb may be missing. Exclamatory
sentences may begin with Interjections.
Examples:
Examples:
1) Wow! What a wonderful picture.
1)How beautiful the garden is! 2) Oh no! I lost my purse.
2)What a huge picture! 3)Yuck! That sandwich is terrible.
4) Shh! Don’t wake the baby.

The words wow, hurrah, alas, oh no are called Interjections. They are used to
express sudden feelings of happiness, sorrow, surprise or disappointment.

Interjection is
always followed by an
exclamation mark.
Start the rest of the
sentence with a capital
letter.

Let‟s see some Interjections- their meanings and their usage.

Interjection Meaning Usage

Bravo! Bravo! You did a great job.
To praise someone
Well Done! Well Done! You finished you work on time.
Ooops! To realize one‟s Oops! I dropped the glass on the floor.
mistake
Shh! / To ask one to keep Shh! I want to sleep now.
Shush! quiet
Yippee! To express a sense Yippee! Today we won the World Cup.
Hurray! of victory Hurray! We won the match.
Yummy! To like the taste Yummy! What a delicious ice cream.
Ouch! Ouch! It hurts a lot.
To express pain
Ah! Ah! My tummy is aching too much

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Interjection Meaning Usage
Alas! To express grief Alas ! You missed scoring a century
Oh Dear! and sorrow Oh Dear! I am so sorry to hear about it.
Hello! Hello! How are you?
To greet someone
Hi! Hi! I am glad that you could come to my party.
Oh! Oh! It is indeed a surprise that you came.
To express
Aha! Aha! Now I understood what you mean by
surprise
that.
Wow! To express wonder Wow! What a brilliant idea.
Phew! To express relief Phew! I finished my homework at last
or gladness as
something is over
Yuck! Yuck! It was horrible to look at.
Ugh! To express disgust Ugh! That smell is horrible.
Eeks!/ Eww Eeks! There‟s an insect on my dress.
Hey! To call for Hey! Where are you going?
attention

Exercise D
Make a sentence each with the following interjections given in the table
above. (Choose any six interjections and write the sentences in your
notebook).

Exercise E
Match the interjections to the exclamatory sentences. One has been done
for you.
1. Hurray! You stepped on my foot.

2. Yummy! Mummy is resting.

3. Ouch! We came first in the race.

4. Shush! I broke my grandma‟s watch.

5. Oops! That painting is beautiful.

6. Wow! This vegetable curry is delicious!

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 (3) ASSERTIVE SENTENCES
An Assertive Sentence states or asserts something. They are statements. They
say or state something. It can be positive or negative.
We put a full stop (.) at the end of Assertive Sentences.

Examples:
1) Rishi does not like ice cream. 2) Preeti is a kind girl.

3) Blue whale is the largest animal. 4) The children are playing.

Exercise F
Look at the picture and form appropriate assertive sentences for the same.

1 2

4
3
5

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 (4) INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES

An Interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a mark of interrogation

i.e. a question mark (?). These sentences begin with question words such as „What‟,
„Who‟, „How‟ etc. and verb forms such as „Do‟, „Does‟, „Did‟, „Didn‟t‟, „Can‟, „Could‟ etc.
followed by the subject.

Examples:
1) Where was Gandhiji born? 2) Could you show me that book, please?

3) Did you complete your homework? 4) Who is at the door?

Father and Deepika are buying vegetables. Read what Deepika asks Father.

Read these groups of words again.

 Father, what is this?
 This is spinach.
The first sentence is a question. The
second sentence is a statement.
Both begin with capital letter.

Read this poem by the famous poet Rudyard Kipling.

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There are two types of questions.

Wh-
Yes or Question
No s

They ask for some

The answer to which will be information and begin
either yes or no.
with which, what, when,
where, why. who, whom,
whose or how. They are
known as question words.

Now let‟s look at the ways an interrogative sentence can be

made from a statement.
We can convert the
Sumeet is happy. (Statement) statements into
Is Sumeet happy? ( Interrogative sentence) questions by changing
the position of a verb.
Manisha is playing with her dog dog.
Is Manisha playing with her dog?

They are talking loudly.

Are they talking loudly?
The verbs like is, are,
The examples for Wh-question are:
was, were, do and does
can be used to form
interrogative sentences
 What do you want?
 Why are you laughing?
 Who has sent the box?
 When did you go?
 Which bag is yours?
 How do you make it?
 Where does your friend live?

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Exercise G
Change the statements into questions or interrogative sentences. (One has
been done for you).
1. Usha and Asha are going to school.
Are Usha and Asha going to school?
2. Vineet is flying a kite.
3. That man is looking for Hari.
4. The dog was chasing a thief.
5. The workmen were painting the house.
6. You are late for the show.
7. It is a full moon night.
8. We can go to the water park.

Exercise H
Rearrange the words to make interrogative sentences (questions). Then
answer those questions you made.
1. name is what your
Question:_
Answer:
2. old you how are
Question:
Answer:

3. school you study in which do

Question:
Answer:

4. birthday is when your

Question:
Answer:
5. live you do where
Question:
Answer:
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 Exercise I
Question words like who, where, what, when, why, which and how are used to
form questions.
Look at the picture and write questions using the above question words.
(You can form as many questions as you want)

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