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A PRESENTATION ON SENTENCE AND ITS KINDS

1. SENTENCE A Sentence is the basic unit of language which expresses a complete thought. A group of word which makes a complete sense is called sentence.[Wren & Martin] A complete sentence must have at minimum three things: a subject , a verb and an object . e.g.1. Boys play football . 2. The children eat buns, cakes and biscuits . 3. The woman built a strong wall . It starts with a capital letter and ends with some form of punctuation. It can be full stop(.),question mark(?),exclamation mark(!).

2. SENTENCE CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: PREDICATE: The predicate tells us what the subject is doing.(always include verb) SUBJECT: The subject tells us who or what the sentence is about. To determine the subject of a sentence, first find the verb and then ask “who or “what”? e.g. 1. The exam was difficult. 2. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb. 3.Yesterday after lunch the students were complaining about the short recess. 4. Here comes the teacher .

3. SENTENCES BY PURPOSE 1. DECLARATIVE OR ASSERTIVE SENTENCE: A sentence that makes a statement or assertion. In this sentence subject is followed by a verb at the beginning of the sentence and ends in a full stop. e.g. 1. I write a poem. 2. He ate dinner. 2. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE: A Sentence that ask a question. In this sentence verb is followed by subject and ends in a question mark. e.g. 1. Did you write a poem? 2. Are you happy?

4. 3. IMPERATIVE SENTENCE: A sentence that expresses command, advice or request and ends in a full stop. In this, sentence begins with verb and no subject element is present .( Subject ‘You’ is understood because the subject is almost always the personal pronoun you). e.g. 1. Shut the door.(command) 2. Read this book.(advice) 3. Please give me your pen.(request)

5. 4. EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE: A sentence that shows strong feelings or emotions and usually ends in an exclamatory mark. Exclamatory phrases can sometimes stand on their own as sentences. e.g. 1.Excellent! 3.Bravo! 2.Congratulations! 4.How lovely! These sentences don’t require a subject and a verb, though to qualify as an exclamatory sentence. A subject and a verb must be present. e.g. 1.Alas! Saleem’s father died . 2.Come here Reeta , hurry ! 3. What a beautiful girl you are ! 4. Please help me now!

6. SENTENCES BY STRUCTURE 1. SIMPLE SENTENCE: It contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought, it is also called an independent clause . e.g. 1. The boys went to the zoo . 2. We like Pizza . 2. COMPOUND SENTENCE: It contains two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunction ( but, and, or, for, nor, so, yet ). e.g. 1. The boys went to the zoo but they could not see a lion . 2. We like Pizza , and we like chocolates .

7. 3. COMPLEX SENTENCE: It contains at least one independent clause plus at least one dependent clause joined or followed by a subordinating conjunction ( after, although, because, since, unless, when, which, who, while ). e.g. 1. The kite won’t fly unless there is wind . 2. Because the boys went to the zoo , they did not go to the museum . 3. I washed the car after I came home .