What does sentence mean?
Word: Sentence
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Sentence means a group of words that expresses a complete thought, starting with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other mark. It also means the punishment a court gives.
How do you spell sentence?
Syllables: sen - tence
Tricky part: The ending is -ence, not -ance or -ense. Many students write sentance because the vowel is said softly.
Watch out for: sentance, sentense, sentince, sentnce
Memory tip: Count the vowels: there are three, and every one of them is an e.
Sentence in a sentence
Example 1: Begin every sentence with a capital letter.
Example 2: Can you use the word reluctant in a sentence?
Example 3: My little brother can now read a whole sentence without any help.
Fun Fact
A sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet is called a pangram. The best known one in English is The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word:
1. puncuation 2. vocabularey 3. paragragh 4. sentence
a) words put together to say one whole idea
b) all the words a person knows
c) marks such as commas and full stops
d) a section of writing that begins on a new line
Show answer
a) words put together to say one whole idea. Sentence is the only word here spelt correctly.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
For homework, write one tecnesen about your favourite holiday.
a) sentence
b) essence
c) entrance
d) sentiment
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a) sentence. Sentiment needs an i and an m, essence a second s, and entrance an r and an a; sentence uses the eight letters given.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
In yesterday's grammar test, Arjun had to underline the subject of every sentence and circle each adjetive that described the weather.
a) weather
b) adjetive
c) grammar
d) sentence
Show answer
b) adjetive. Adjective has a c before its t, as in the word object.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Pick the group of words that forms a complete sentence.
a) A big red apple.
b) Under the old bridge.
c) Running very fast.
d) The bus left early.
Show answer
d) The bus left early.
2. A sentence that asks something ends with ____.
a) a comma
b) a question mark
c) a hyphen
d) an apostrophe
Show answer
b) a question mark
