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SENTENCE Final

The document discusses the different types of sentences including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. It defines key elements of a sentence such as subject, predicate, verb, and object. It also explains the four types of sentences based on function: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

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SENTENCE Final

The document discusses the different types of sentences including simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. It defines key elements of a sentence such as subject, predicate, verb, and object. It also explains the four types of sentences based on function: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

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SENTENCE

What is Sentence
• A sentence is a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a
subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or
command.
Subject and Predicate of a Sentence
• In a statement the subject stands at the beginning and names the person
or thing we are speaking about.

• Predicate is the part which tells something about the subject. This portion
consists of the verb explaining what the subject does.

Example:
• The students participated in the competition

Here The students is the Subject


Participated in the competition is the Predicate
Subject
• We use the word Subject to talk about the pronoun, noun or noun phrase
that does the action of verb. In English, the subject usually comes before
the verb.

Example:
• John arrived before time.

Here John is a noun and arrive is a verb.


John is before the verb.
John is a subject.
Verb
• A sentence cannot be formed without a verb. It can be be verb, have verb
or action verb.

Examples:
• I am working right now.
• He has the ability to get the job.
• She can sleep all day long.
Object
• We use the word object to talk about the thing or person that the verb is
done to, or who receives the verb. It can be a noun or a noun phrase, a
pronoun or a longer complex object, which is modified .

Example:
• I love chocolate.

Here, chocolate is noun and love is verb.


The object is received by the verb.
Chocolate is object.
Types of Sentences (Functionally)
• Declarative/Assertive
• Imperative
• Interrogative
• Exclamatory
Declarative/Assertive Sentence
• It states facts, makes statement, describes things, reports events, gives an opinion
or information and ends with a period.

• They can be positive or negative.

Examples:
• I went to the market yesterday.
• We watched a movie last week.
• They are going to organise the event by themselves.
• I speak better English than you.
• The children are not playing today.
• It is not my pen.
Imperative Sentence
• A sentence that makes a command, advice, suggestion, order, request,
warning or threat, is called an Imperative sentence. It can be followed by a
period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark.

Examples:
• Would you please wait for a minute? (a request)
• You should drink plenty of water. ( a suggestion)
• Go there. (a command)
• Do your work just now. ( a command)
Interrogative Sentence
• A sentence that asks a question is called an Interrogative sentence. It wants information, and
they always end with a question mark.

• It often begins with interrogative words like who, when, where, why, what, and how.
Sentences without question words are formed by moving the helping word before the
subject.

• Can be positive or negative

Examples:
• Do you need more time?
• Why didn’t you come?
• Have you watched the movie
• Where do you stay?
• Do you have any more biscuits?
• Don’t you like chocolates?
Exclamatory Sentence
• A sentence that expresses strong feeling is called an Exclamatory
sentence. It ends with an exclamation mark.

Examples:
• Wow! What a beautiful sight it is.
• What a sight it was!
• What a pleasant surprise!
• Alas! She is no more.
Types of Sentence (Structurally)
• Simple Sentence
• Compound Sentence
• Complex Sentence
• Compound-complex Sentence
Simple Sentence
• A simple sentence has a single independent clause (contains a subject and
verb and expresses a complete thought)

• I live in Kolkata

In the above sentence ‘She’ is the Subject and ‘Wants’ is the Verb

Examples:
• The police chased the thief
• I did not attend the lecture
• The teacher comes from a nearby town
Compound Sentence
• A compound sentence has two (or more) independent clauses and
conjunction or semi-colon is used to join the clauses. Each of these clauses
could form a sentence alone.

Examples
• I wake up very early and my brother always wakes up late.
• It was raining; we reached last.
• She likes fruit cake but her brother likes pastry.
• She comes late every day but she stays very close.

Coordinating conjunctions – and, but, or, not, for, yet, so


Complex Sentence
• A complex sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause. (a
dependent clause starts with a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun,
and contains a subject and verb, but does not express a complete thought)

• Examples:
• I know that you always wanted to join the army.
• Do you know the girl who is coming to talk to us.
• I left home after I heard the news.
• We got late for the class because we missed the bus.

Subordinating conjunctions : after, although, because, that, since, till, until, when,
where

Relative pronouns : that, which, who, whom, whose


Compound- Complex Sentence
• A compound complex sentence consists of at least two independent
clause and one or more dependent clauses

• Examples:
• Tom didn’t attend the class because he was not prepared so his teacher
was angry.
• I went out after I got an urgent call but I cam back after some time.

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