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There are four main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory. Declarative sentences state information and are the most commonly used, while imperative sentences give commands. Interrogative sentences ask questions and end with question marks, and exclamatory sentences express emotion and end with exclamation points. The document discusses the characteristics and uses of each sentence type.
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- A sentence is a group of words that conveys a complete thought or idea through a subject and predicate. There are four main types of sentences - simple/declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.
- Declarative sentences make statements and end with periods. Imperative sentences give commands and end with periods or exclamation points. Interrogative sentences ask questions and end with question marks. Exclamatory sentences express strong emotion and end with exclamation points.
- The document provides examples of each sentence type and a practice identifying whether sample sentences are declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.
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3) Examples of different phrases are provided such as a prepositional phrase starting with a preposition and ending with an object, and a gerund phrase containing a gerund verb and other elements.
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structure of plant communities across different temporal and spatial scales. These changes can
occur natural.
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