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Sentences: Kinds,and! vintners Eeutormation Rearrange these words to make meaningful sentences. Use capital letters and correct punctuation marks. What a beautiful handwriting you have! We always go for a walk in the evening. Kindly keep me informed. Are you at work? We will have to postpone our trip to Jaipur. Learw Identify whether these are assertive (A), imperative (Im), interrogative (In) or exclamatory (E). Then, write the correct closing punctuation mark in each of the boxes. ds Naveen went to the airport to drop his mother. (A) How delicious the fish platter is! (E) 2 3. Are you moving into your new house? (In) 4. 5. 6. Go to your room. (Im) Is there any milk left in the bottle? (In) Mehul lost his new watch. (A) 7. Please come to my house, Radha. (Im) 8. Can you locate Turkey on the map? (In) 9. Look, how enthusiastically they perform! (E) Walk straight. (Im) oc A. Rearrange the jumbled words into two meaningful sentences. Use proper punctuation and capital letters where needed. The kind of sentences to be formed is written in brackets. 2. Mother is How juicy the making strawberriesare! strawberry shake. 8. Where did Please don’t you find my | scribble lost notebook? | in your notebook. 4. Deepti What a brilliant spoke speech Deepti eloquently. gave! 5.Isaw three | Are there little kittens | kittens on the today. rooftop? 6. Today isa How hot the bright day. weather is! 7, Practise Oh no, we lost for the the series! tournament. 8. Gardening How beautiful is my the rose garden favourite is! hobby. os Where are Go away. you going? 10. Who has Please pass broken the me the jar. plates? B. Read this passage and identify the sentences as declarative (D), imperative (Im), interrogative (In) or exclamatory (E). It was a cloudy afternoon. (D) The weather was pleasant for Rimi and her friends to go surfing on their canoes. (D) Since it was a little windy, Rimi’smother asked them, ‘Why do you want to take a chance? (In) Oh, it’s not wise to go surfing when your father is not at home.’ (Im) ‘Please mother, please allow us to go,’ Rimi pleaded. (Im) Rimi and her friends were very excited and they finally went out for surfing. (D) There were many other boys and girls at the sea, rising and falling with the waves. (D) Everyone was ina celebratory mood. (D) A boy exclaimed, ‘Wow, what a lovely day it is!’ (E) After surfing, the children madesandcastles and threw sand balls at one another. (D) Old men and women watched the playful young children and remembered their childhood and youth. (D) ‘How enthusiastically the children are playing!” said an old woman to her husband. (E) ‘Come, let's join them,’ replied her husband. (D) funn Transform these sentences into the type mentioned oe the brackets. 1. You have completed your homework. What a terrible crash it was! This is a lovely place. Do you have an extra pen? Everyone disagreed with her. Is today a bright day? Everyone can agree that she is honest. You do exercise regularly. OE UNS SGr OR oo tS How utterly mad the man is! There was no one present who did not congratulate him. yea A. Follow the instructions and transform these affirmative sentences to negative. The teacher is not always strict. No sooner had the clock struck ten than I went to bed. Thave no other wealth than these fishing nets. No picture is as good as this which he has painted. No one but he could come up with such a plan. You have never treated her fairly. I was not sure about the whole idea. No one will deny he is honest. Eee es OO =i Not many people know me. 10. There is not enough water in the jug. B. Transform these negative sentences to affirmative sentences. 2. He stayed for few weeks in Mumbai. Rohan is stronger than Abir. I shall always remember my first view of BurjKhalifa. Everyone present cheered for her. Sheffy was full of ability. You should remember to visit him today. He spoke the best. SPN ATE Every soldier returned home rewarded. 10. Few could have borne such hardships with a smile. C. Transform these interrogative sentences into assertive sentences and vice versa. Man cannot remain immortal. Everyone would like to be a leader. Have they not been talking much lately? The day couldn’t get any better. Is there anything more delicious than this? Does sincerity enable us to realise all our dreams? Is she wise to have taken this decision? eeu aur wn Where in the world will you find such peace? ay S Is it of any use to cry over spilt milk? D. Transform these exclamatory sentences into assertive sentences and vice versa. 2. How rough the sea is today! 3. Itis a pity that he failed in the examination. 4. It is very kind of you to say so. © 2 See How | wish I were young again! Man has to face many obstacles in life. You have brought sad news. What an interesting play it is! I wish I could fly like a bird. What an extremely delightful party we had yesterday! Subject and Predicate Read these sentences. Underline the person or thing that is doing the action. Encircle the verb in each sentence. Peerage rtteg Cott: Verb 1. Mrs Shah teaches 2. Rama baked 3. crocodile slept | 4, Nikhil typed 5. Ria and Ravi planned Leam Match the subjects with the predicates. 1. f; 2. h; 3. a; 4. j; 5. d; 6. i; 7. b; 8. e; 9. g; 10. ¢ K rractice A. Identify the subjects in these sentences. Also, state the sentence type. 1. the doctor assertive 2. she exclamatory 3. you interrogative 4. a large box assertive 5. the students interrogative 6. you imperative 7. the dog assertive 8. the fruits exclamatory 9. you imperative 10. Tarantula assertive . Arrange these groups of words to form sentences. Then, punctuate and identify the subject and the predicate of each sentence. 1. Leave the room right now. You leave the room right now 2. Why did you bring the quilt | You bring the quilt with you? with you 3. Richard won the badminton | Richard | won the championship. badminton championship 4. What a brilliant scholar she | She is a brilliant is! scholar 5. What melodious music they | They are playing are playing! melodious music 6. The blue bird laid an egg. The blue | laid an egg bird 7. How do you spend your You spend your time time after school hours? after school hours 8. Please wait for me. You please wait for me cp = = 9. What a pity he couldn’t He couldn’t come come! 10. Can you lend me some You can lend me some : money? money C. Provide meaningful subjects/predicates for these sentences. Answers will vary. Encourage the students to come up with their own answers. 1. The criminal; 2. Trees; 3. The lion; 4. The school van; 5. The train; 6. was covered with dew; 7. shone in the morning light; 8. wear cotton clothes; 9. was blowing; 10. is crossing the road

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