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MODULE 1: THE SENTENCE

SENTENCE SENSE

1a A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence


begins with a capital letter and ends with a period, a question mark, or an
exclamation point.
EXAMPLES The writing lab has several new computers.
Please be on time for play rehearsal.
Have you read the module on the Civil War?
Stop the car now!
1b A declarative sentence makes a statement. It is always followed by a period.
EXAMPLES Shanti was elected class president two years in a row.
Here are two more suggestions.
1c An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It is usually followed
by a period. A strong command is followed by an exclamation point.
The subject of a command or a request is always you, but you doesn’t usually appear in the
sentence. When you doesn’t appear, it is called the understood subject. You is the understood
subject even when the person is addressed by name.
EXAMPLES [You] Please shut the window.
[You] Watch out!
Rosaria, [you] please read the first two sentences aloud.
1d An interrogative sentence asks a question. It is followed by a question mark.
EXAMPLES How did you know my name?
Do you live in Canada?
1e An exclamatory sentence shows excitement or expresses strong feeling. It is
followed by an exclamation point.
EXAMPLES What an exciting soccer game that was!
I can’t believe we are finally at the cabin!

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Module 1 1


EXERCISE 1 Identifying Sentences
On the line before each sentence, write s. if the group of words is a sentence or n.s. if the group
of words is not a sentence. Add correct punctuation if the group of words is a sentence.
EX. n.s. 1. Whenever she rides her mountain bike
s. 2. Alana wears her helmet whenever she rides her mountain bike
_____ 1. Before the music began to play
_____ 2. Did Brad send Danielle a bouquet of yellow roses
_____ 3. Listening to the distant sound of thunder and seeing lightning crack across the
nighttime sky
_____ 4. There is a way out of the tunnel
_____ 5. There wasn’t much left to eat by the time Malcolm arrived
_____ 6. Dr. García uses all the latest equipment in her dental practice
_____ 7. Walking to the party
_____ 8. Tyrone sat on the beach because he had broken his ankle
_____ 9. Imagine what could happen in the future
_____ 10. Where did I put my library card

EXERCISE 2 Classifying and Punctuating Sentences


Classify each of the following sentences by writing dec. for declarative, imp. for imperative, int.
for interrogative, or exc. for exclamatory on the line before the sentence. Then add the correct
punctuation.
EX. exc. 1. How loud that music is!
_____ 1. Every year, the island loses sand to the shifting tides and shrinks an inch or two
_____ 2. What a frightening experience that was
_____ 3. Hang up your coat in the front closet
_____ 4. I can’t believe how close to us that dolphin swam
_____ 5. Were you able to answer all the questions on that test

© Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Module 1 2

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