Four Types of Sentences
CONCEPTUALUnderstand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
Mastery Evidence
- Write or identify a statement, question, exclamation, and command from a set of sentences
- Match each sentence type to its correct end punctuation mark
- Transform a statement into a question or command on request
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] spot the difference between a question ("Are you hungry?") and a command ("Eat your dinner!") — and write each type of sentence using the right punctuation at the end?”
Curriculum Standards4 alignments
L.1.1jCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsProduce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
RF.1.1.aCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical SubjectsRecognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).
Eng.App2.Y2.Sent.3The national curriculum in EnglandHow the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement, question, exclamation or command
Eng/KS1/Y2/VGP/2aThe national curriculum in Englandlearn how to use sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command
Prerequisites2
- Building sentenceshardAges 4—6
- Starting and Ending SentenceshardAges 5—8
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Unlocks4
- Commas with yes, no, and nameshardAges 10—11
- Punctuating Direct SpeechsoftAges 7—10
- Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and TensesoftAges 6—7
- Subordinate clausessoftAges 6—9