WRITING SENTENCE DEFINITIONS

When you are asked to write a definition of a word, you need to know the proper way to write it. Correct sentence definitions look like this.

A chair is a piece of furniture with three or more legs and a back used for sitting on.

A carpenter is a worker who builds or repairs wooden structures.

Each sentence definition begins with the TERM being explained, then lists the CLASS (or category) to which it belongs, and ends with DETAILS or characteristics that separate it from all other similar things.

Here are some more sentence definitions of common objects for you to study.

A train is a wheeled vehicle that travels on two parallel tracks and is pulled by a locomotive.

A carrel is a table that is divided and enclosed into sections usually used for studying in a library.

A fork is an eating utensil with two or more prongs used for eating.

An apple is a fruit that grows on trees, has white juicy flesh, and has red, yellow, or green skin.

Exercise 15

Write correct sentence definitions for the words below.