Demarcating sentences: leaf chameleon
The Grammar Bit!
Read the scintillating sentences opposite. They show the four main types of sentence and the punctuation used to complete them.
- A statement gives information and normally finishes with a full stop.
- A question is often a request for information and always finishes with a question mark.
- A command tells someone to do something and finishes with either a full stop or an exclamation mark.
- An exclamation expresses a strong emotion or a surprise and always finishes with an exclamation mark.
In every type of sentence, notice how a capital letter is used to start the first word. With your talk partner, read the sentences opposite again and agree on their sentence type.
Scintillating Sentences
1) Weighing less than a quarter of a gram, the leaf chameleon was minuscule.
2) What an incredible tongue!
3) Why do chameleons have eyes that rotate in different directions?
4) Keep a safe distance from that Parson’s chameleon if you don’t want be eaten!
Did you know?
Contrary to popular belief, when a chameleon changes its skin colour, the animal isn’t usually trying to ‘disappear’ by blending into its environment. It is more likely that it is changing colour to communicate to other chameleons how it feels, or it might be trying to change the temperature of its body.