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1 1 The Sentence

Warm-up

Rearrange the given words to make sentences.

1. travel miles / are known to / tigers / and lions / water / in search of
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2. hummingbirds / are tiny / forward / and backward / can fly / birds that

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3. into the water / leads to many / release / of toxic materials / health hazards
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4. has already reached / due to water pollution / dangerous levels / rapid industrialization
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5. to see / it was / the baby / wonderful / first time / for the / walk

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6. years / Mr Sharma / for / has been / almost / a teacher / for / ten
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In earlier classes, we read that a sentence is a group of words which expresses a statement, a
question, or an order. A sentence has a subject and a verb.

There are five types of sentences in English: assertive sentence, interrogative sentence, imperative
sentence, exclamatory sentence, and optative sentence.

Assertive Sentence

An assertive sentences states facts, actions and happenings, and can be affirmative or negative.

An assertive sentence always ends with a full stop (.).
(i) The lion is a strong animal. (Affirmative fact)

(ii) The squirrel is not a big animal. (Negative fact)
(iii) The tortoise beat the hare in a race. (Affirmative action)

(iv) The tortoise did not miss the race. (Negative action)

(v) Dengue has broken out in the city. (Affirmative happening)

(vi) There was no rainfall at night. (Negative happening)

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