A sentence is a group of words arranged in an order so as to make complete sense while listening, speaking, reading and writing Kinds of Sentences Sentences can be broadly divided into the following categories:
A sentence is a group of words arranged in an order so as to make complete sense while listening, speaking, reading and writing
Kinds of Sentences
TYPES
PURPOSE
EXAMPLE
Assertive Sentence
Express a statement (affirmative or negative)
India is the seventh largest country in the world. I never drink milk.
Interrogative Sentence
Ask questions.
Why have you come so late? How much is a kilo of sugar?
Imperative Sentence
Express commands requests, pieces of advice, proposals.
Do it right now here - command. Give me something to eat, please-request. Always respect your elders-Advice. Let us go boating in the river-proposal.
Optative Sentence
Express wishes, prayers, blessings, and curses.
May you live long - blessing. May you be doomed - curse. If only I were rich - wish. Help me, oh God! - prayer.
Exclamatory Sentences
Express an exclamation, strong feelings of surprise, fear, joy etc.
How beautiful is the Taj Mahal! What a lofty ideal!
REMEMBER
Subject and Predicate A sentence usually has a subject (what the sentence is about) and a predicate (the part of the sentence which gives information about the subject). Example: The Sun Sets (The Sun is the subject and sets is the predicate) The subject usually comes before the predicate. The Predicate must contain at least one verb. The predicate may also contain an object, a complement or an adverbial. The object of complement comes immediately after the verb. The adverbial often appears at the end of the sentence: after the verb, object or complement. REMEMBER! The object is the person or thing that the subject does something to. A complement often describes a quality or characteristic of the subject or object. Example: He is a kind boy. A complement can also tell us the identity of the subject or object. Example: She is my mother. An adverbial tells us more about an action, event or state mentioned in the sentence. Examples: when it happened (we watched a movie yesterday.) where it happened (They played volleyball at the beach.) how it happened (The old lady climbed the stairs slowly and carefully.)
Subject and Predicate
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