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What is a sentence?

Ages 5–7Chapter 2 · Lesson 1

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Your turn

Which one is a sentence?

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The dog barked. It has a capital letter and a full stop, and it tells you who did what.

The common mistake

Here's a common mistake. This is really two sentences, squashed together. Each one needs its own capital letter and its own full stop. We went to the park. We played on the swings.

Try it at home

Sentence detective: read a short page together and check three sentences: capital letter, end mark, and who did what. Then fix a broken one on purpose.

Read the whole lesson

Hello, and welcome to Myriora English! What makes a sentence a sentence? It needs three things.

A sentence starts with a capital letter. It ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. And it makes sense on its own: it tells you who, and what they did.

Let's check some. Here's the first one. There's no capital letter! Now it starts with a capital T. That's better. Here's another one. Who ran? We don't know, so it isn't a sentence yet. Sam ran to the park.

Let's try one together. Is this a sentence? The big red bus. Say yes or no, out loud!

No! It has a capital letter and a full stop. But what did the big red bus do? The big red bus stopped. Now it's a sentence.

Here's a common mistake. This is really two sentences, squashed together. Each one needs its own capital letter and its own full stop. We went to the park. We played on the swings.

Your turn! Which one is a sentence? Pick the right card. You've got eight seconds, or pause the video. Go!

Time's up! The dog barked. It has a capital letter and a full stop, and it tells you who did what.

Quick review. A sentence starts with a capital letter. It ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. And it makes sense on its own: who, and what they did. See you next time!