Language+Structure

A sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. It must have a verb in it and it must make complete sense all on its own.
 * Sentences **

A simple sentence is called a **clause. **

Amy took the dog for a walk.

You can join clauses together using conjunctions to make more interesting sentences that are much easier to read than lots of short sentences.

Amy took the dog for a walk. It got very dirty (needs work.).

Amy took the dog for a walk and it got very dirty (better).

The dog got very dirty **when ** Amy took it for a walk (best).

Conjunctions you can use to join clauses together include **and **, **but **, **although **, **when **, **whenever ** and **because **.

Different types of sentence do different jobs. A statement is a sentence that simply tells the reader something. The dog is dirty.
 * __Types of sentence __**
 * Statements **

You can use an exclamation mark **! ** to show when your sentence is saying something surprising or with force. That dog is absolutely filthy **! **

Use a question mark **? ** at the end of a sentence to show that you are asking a question. Why haven’t you bathed the dog**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">? ** __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Commands __<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> A command is when you are telling someone to do something. Commands usually start with a verb (a doing word). You should use commands when you are writing instructions telling someone how to do something.
 * <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Questions **<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">

Fill the bath with warm water. Give the dog a bath.



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