What kind of sentence is this? Shut the door.
Kinds of sentence and commas in lists
Year 2 · Key Stage 1 · E2-G-TYPES, E2-G-COMMA — Statements, questions, exclamations, commands; list commas
Draft — awaiting teacher review
Builds on: Capital letters and full stops (Year 1)
I
Concept Anchor
A statement tells. A question asks and ends with ?. A command tells someone to do something. An exclamation starts with What or How and ends with !.
Worked example
What a big dog!
- 1.It starts with What.
- 2.It ends with !
- 3.It is an exclamation, not a question.
II
Guided Check
Add commas: I saw a cat a dog and a fox.
III
Independent Diagnostic Practice
Which sentence has its commas in the right place?
Which one is a question?