Student-Led Workshop

Four Jobs a Sentence Can Do

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Job first, grammar second, punctuation check: informar, preguntar, dirigir o enfatizar.

Statement

Shares information. · The library closes at six.

Question

Asks for information. · Does the library close at six?

Command

Directs someone. · Return the book. · Understood subject: you

Exclamation

Emphasizes a statement. · This book is incredible!

The team is ready. = statement; Is the team ready? = question. Commands have understood you; exclamations use statement grammar with emphasis.

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Four Jobs a Sentence Can Do

  1. Primero identifica el trabajo: informar, preguntar, dirigir o enfatizar. Después busca la estructura; la puntuación confirma, pero no decide sola.
  2. En una orden, you está entendido. La pareja statement/question muestra el orden de be sin añadir una unidad general de preguntas.