Sentences Game

In writing, words are grouped together into phrases, sentences, clauses and paragraphs. Linking these building blocks together in the right way makes your writing easy to understand and interesting to read.This section includes:
1. Sentences and clause
2. Snetence Type
3. Paragraphs
4. Phrases

Sentences and clauses
A sentence has a capital letter at the beginning and ends with a full stop (.), a question mark (?) or an exclamation mark (!). It must have a verb in it and it must make complete sense all on its own.
A simple sentence is called a clause.

Clauses

Some sentences can be broken up into smaller sentences. These simple sentences are called clauses.

She ran down the road but he chose to walk.

This sentence is made up of two clauses, both of which could work on their own as simple sentences.
You can join clauses together using conjunctions to make more interesting sentences that are much easier to read than lots of short sentences.

Amy took the dog for a walk. It got very dirty.
Amy took the dog for a walk and it got very dirty.
The dog got very dirty when Amy took it for a walk.

Conjunctions you can use to join clauses together include:

• and
• but
• although
• when
• whenever
• because

Sentence types

Different types of sentence do different jobs.

Statements

A statement is a sentence that simply tells the reader something.

The dog is dirty.

You can use an exclamation mark ! to show when your sentence is saying something surprising or with force.

That dog is absolutely filthy!

Questions

Use a question mark ? at the end of a sentence to show that you are asking a question.

Why haven’t you bathed the dog?

Commands

A command is when you are telling someone to do something. Commands usually start with a verb (a doing word). You should use commands when you are writing instructions telling someone how to do something.

1. Fill the bath with warm water.
2. Give the dog a bath.

Paragraphs

A paragraph is a collection of sentences about the same thing. Collecting your sentences into paragraphs makes your writing easier to read.
Start a new line after each paragraph. You may want to leave a space before you start the next paragraph. Some people like to start the first line of a new paragraph a little way in from the edge of the page. This is called an indent.

Phrases

A phrase is a group of words that could be replaced by a single part of speech, for example, a noun.

The big, brown dog had a very loud bark.

The phrase big, brown dog could be replaced by the noun dog.
By using phrases rather than simple nouns or verbs, you can make your writing more descriptive.

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