Identifying Different Kinds of Sentences - The Peaco*ck’s Feathers | PBS LearningMedia (2024)

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How to identify different sentence types? ›

Only he could get away with a peaco*ck feather fascinator. It sprouts a huge fan of peaco*ck feathers. Tonight, we're drawing peaco*ck feathers. His responses to the natural are on display in his drawings and watercolours of glaciers and mossy riverbanks, wildflowers and a bright blue peaco*ck feather.

Sentences are of four main types – assertive/declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory. Understanding how each type of sentence varies from the other and how to use them in different contexts is one of the essential steps in the English language learning process.

Examples from Collins dictionaries

He was a born peaco*ck. He introduced himself as 'the leader' and strutted up and down like a peaco*ck.

Peaco*ck feathers are a vibrant and eye-catching display of blues, greens, and purples. The feathers have an iridescent shine that makes them stand out.

Apart from the distinctive crest, Peaco*ck has beautiful and colourful feathers on its back. The long and bright tail of the peaco*ck is known as a train. Violet in colour, the feathers of the Peaco*ck are very long and beautiful. The moon-like spots on Peaco*ck's feathers make the shape of an eye when fully opened.

If you don't want to heat your feather just leave it in hot water. Don't forget to clean and wash the feather thoroughly if you got it outside. Cut the nib (the writing point) blunt(er) to make a calligraphy pen.

The four types of sentences according to function are declarative (statements), interrogative (questions), imperative (commands), and exclamatory (interjections and emotional statements).

Sentences can be classified into types based on two aspects – their function and their structure. They are categorised into four types based on their function and into three based on their structure. Assertive/declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory sentences are the four types of sentences.

Is a peaco*ck a beautiful bird the adjective in the given sentences? ›

The word that qualifies the bird is 'beautiful'.

So it is a descriptive adjective. Therefore the adjectives are 'this' and 'beautiful'.

extremely proud: He returns about three hours later looking as proud as a peaco*ck as he carefully backs his big red car in the driveway.

It is a proper noun because peaco*ck does not refer to a species of bird, rather it refers to a specific species. In this sentence, 'Peaco*ck is our national bird'. Bird is a common noun, whereas peaco*ck is used to name the national bird, so it will be a proper noun.

She was marvellous and her feathered hat remained unruffled as she took her seat in the audience. Trees are almost entirely white with feathers. Tamara ran her fingers through his hair and touched his white feather. They grow their full feathers in the weeks after leaving the nest.

The bird has long wings with pink feathers.

an achievement to be proud of: The award was another feather in his cap.

If you describe two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have very similar characteristics, interests, or beliefs. She and my mother were birds of a feather.