Thursday, January 24, 2013

Making Sentences

Making Sentences One of the most common exercises that kids need to go through during their Basic English classes is making sentences. In such exercises, words are given using which one needs to make a meaning full sentence. Sentence is a group of words that conveys a complete meaning. While making sentences one can make different types of sentences such as affirmative sentences, negative sentences, interrogative sentences, exclamatory sentences and more. Let’s have a look at few exercises on making sentences.

 • Eating: Meera was eating Chinese food when I called her.
 • Drawing: Kitty’s daughter loves drawing.
 • Affordable: I buy bed sheets online at affordable price ranges.
 • Painter: Pablo Picasso is a renowned painter.
Deeds: One’s future depends on the deeds of present.
Teaches: She teaches children in a school.
Humorous: He is not at all humorous.

Besides words, many a times, children are also asked to make sentences with phrases and idioms. While making sentences using phrases, one needs to understand the meaning and then make a sentence out of it.

Few examples are cited below:
Make up your mind: Please make up your mind if you want to buy baby pillow online or from local stores.
 • Sick and tired: I was sick and tired searching for booster seats and finally I found an online baby store.
Feel blue: Whenever I feel blue, I start playing with my child.
Bored to death: I am bored to death. Let’s go to buy booster seats for my son.
 • Got to be kidding: Shopping baby pillow online at affordable prices. You got to be kidding me.
Couch potato: Stop being a couch potato and go buy bed sheets for our baby.
Now and then: I keep purchasing baby pillow online every now and then.
On the dot: I don’t want to stay waiting, so better be on the dot.

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