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Basic Writing Skills II

This document discusses sentences and their structure. It defines a sentence as a group of words that convey meaning and information, and defines a phrase as incomplete words that need a sentence for full context. There are four types of sentences - declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative - which are distinguished by their purpose and ending punctuation. A sentence must contain a subject and verb at minimum, and sometimes includes an object that receives the action.

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Basic Writing Skills II

This document discusses sentences and their structure. It defines a sentence as a group of words that convey meaning and information, and defines a phrase as incomplete words that need a sentence for full context. There are four types of sentences - declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative - which are distinguished by their purpose and ending punctuation. A sentence must contain a subject and verb at minimum, and sometimes includes an object that receives the action.

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Basic Writing Skills II – Sentences

Sentences
A sentence is a group of words that give a complete, meaningful and together make a sense
and convey specific information.
Ex: Sheena works in an Office.

Phrases 
A Phrase is a group of words that have some sense and also acts as a part of the
speech but is not structurally complete and does not convey the full meaning.
Following are some examples of phrases:
On the rooftop
Under the table
Now each of the above given phrases makes some sense but does not convey the full meaning. To
make complete understanding, these phrases need to be placed in a full sentence with other words:
He is sitting on the rooftop.
My dog is lying under the table

Kinds of sentences 
A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a
statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or
more subordinate clauses.

There are four types of Sentence 

Declarative Sentence
1. Tells something
2. Ends with a period.
Ex: My mother gifted me a book.

Interrogative Sentence
1. Ask a question.
2. Ends with a question marks
Ex: What is your school’s name?

Exclamatory Sentence
1. Shows strong feeling
2. Ends with an exclamation marks
Ex: What a weather! (Or) How cute!

Imperative Sentence
1. Gives a command
2. Ends with a period or an exclamation marks
Ex: Turn of the lights.

Parts of a Sentence
There are three different types of parts of sentences –
 Subject
 Verb
 Object

A subject and a verb make up a sentence. There is an object in some of the sentences. The
subject is generally a noun, which is a term that refers to a person or thing who performs a specific
activity.
The verb comes after the subject and indicates that something is being done. An object, which usually
comes after the verb, receives the action.

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