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Practice Time 1

A. Fill in the blanks with suitable subjects given in brackets.

1. The _____________________ is looking at me. (boy/tree)

2. The _____________________ was barking. (cat/dog)

3. _____________________ are playing in the kennel. (Puppies/Cubs)

4. The _____________________ is roaring in the den. (elephant/lion)

5. The _____________________ is crying. (baby/flower)

B. With the help of the verbs given in brackets, fill in the blanks with suitable predicates

(use verb +ing).

1. My cousin ____________________________________. (read)

2. A big elephant ________________________________. (bathe)

3. The cows ____________________________________. (graze)

4. The monkey __________________________________. (sit)

5. Ankit and Rohit _______________________________. (play)

Let’s Learn Kinds of Sentences

There are four kinds of sentences.

Declarative sentence Interrogative sentence

Imperative sentence Exclamatory sentence

The Sentence A simple statement is called a declarative sentence. It states or declares a fact.
Declarative Sentence

A declarative sentence may be positive or negative.

Read the following sentences.

O
I go to my school.
O Rohan is a student.
The earth moves around the sun.
O
To change positive sentences into negative, we add not, never, no or none.
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