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• Interrogative Sentence: A sentence that asks a direct question and ends with a question mark (?) For example:
Are you scared of dogs?
How will you come to my birthday party?
• Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence that shows an excitement or a strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation
mark (!). For example:
Wow! You won the badge.
You dance so well. Congratulations!
Active and Passive Sentences
When the subject in the sentence has performed or received the action it becomes the voice of a verb in the sentence.
In an active sentence the action is performed by the subject. It is a strong and direct way of expressing a sentence. For
example:
Shweta is eating chocolate.
In this example Shweta is a subject and the action is performed by her.
Few more examples are:
Rohin changed his phone cover.
Neha stitched her new gown.
In a passive sentence the action is received by the subject. In this form of a sentence the focus is on the action and
not on the subject. For example:
The chocolate is eaten by Shweta.
In this example chocolate is a subject and it receives an action eaten.
PARAGRAPH
A paragraph is a collection of relevant sentences with a common theme. It begins with an introduction of a theme,
followed by sentences describing a theme and ends with a statement supporting a common idea. For example:
Water is an essential component of our life. With its scarcity all across the world it is becoming a threat to the existence of life
on earth. With rising levels of pollution, water resources are being depleted rapidly. The entire Earth consists of 71% water,
out of which only a small percentage is drinkable freshwater. It is therefore very essential to save water, to save lives.
Some general rules for writing a paragraph are:
• It begins on a new line.
• The first line has an indentation.
• It focuses on a main theme.
Capitalisation
Capitalisation means writing the first alphabet of a word in uppercase. In English grammar, we cannot decide on our
own to write anything in capital. We follow the rules of capitalisation whenever we write anything. It gives emphasis
on certain words used at different places.
Some of the basic rules of capitalization which we all should remember in our basic writing skills are listed below:
• Beginning of a Sentence: It is marked by capitalising the first letter in a sentence. For example:
w My computer class is very interesting.
w We are going for a movie today.
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