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Grammar - Sentence

This document summarizes the key elements of sentences in 3 paragraphs or less. It defines what a sentence is and its main components - subject and predicate. It describes the 4 main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements, imperative sentences give commands, interrogative sentences ask questions, and exclamatory sentences express strong emotions. Examples are provided for each sentence type.

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Grammar - Sentence

This document summarizes the key elements of sentences in 3 paragraphs or less. It defines what a sentence is and its main components - subject and predicate. It describes the 4 main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements, imperative sentences give commands, interrogative sentences ask questions, and exclamatory sentences express strong emotions. Examples are provided for each sentence type.

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GRAMMAR

1.SENTENCE
Sentence = a group of word
Word = a group of letters
Sentence:
• A sentence is a group of word that make a complete sense by itself.
Example:
The school is near my house.
Features of sentence:
❖ A sentence consists of a group of words that makes complete
sense.
❖ It has a verb.
❖ It begins with capital letter.
❖ The words in a sentence are written in proper order.
❖ It has a subject and predicate.
❖ A sentence ends with either, a full stop (.), a question mark (?) or
an exclamation mark (!).
Parts of a sentence:
➢ A sentence is made up of two parts, namely, a subject and a
predicate.
SENTENCE

Subject predicate

Subject:
• It is that part of a sentence which tells us “who or what” the
sentence is about.
Example:
The singer performed well.
(Subject)
Predicate:
• It is that part of a sentence which tells us “something about the
subject”.
Example:
The singer performed well.
(Predicate)
Types of sentences:
There are 4 types of sentence.
Sentence
1. Declarative (Statement /simple)
2. Imperative (order, advice and request)
3. Interrogative (?, question)
4. Exclamatory (!)

1. Declarative sentences:
• Sentences that state or declare something are called declarative
sentences.
• Declarative sentence is also called as statement.
Positive (normal)
Declarative sentence
Negative (not will be placed)

Example:
1. The boy has reached school. (Positive)
2. The boy has not reached school. (Negative)
2. Imperative sentences:
• Sentence that give “order”, make “request” or offer “advice”
are called imperative sentences.
• An imperative sentence is followed by a
Full stop (.).
Example:
1. Don’t eat more sweets. (Order)
2. Please listen me. (Request)
3. Take the medicine twice daily. (Advice)
3. Interrogative sentences:
• Sentences that are used to ask “questions” are called
interrogative sentences.
• Interrogative sentences always end with question mark (?).

Yes/no questions
Interrogative
Sentence
Wh- questions
• Yes / no questions begins with auxiliary verb like , (are, is, do,
have, can, was, were, had,.....etc.)
• Wh – questions begins with words such as, (what, whom, who,
where, why, when, whose, or which)
Example:
1. Are they going to the party? (Yes/no question)
2. What are you doing? (wh- question)
4. Exclamatory sentences:
• Exclamatory sentences help us communicate strong feeling of
“surprise”, “admiration”, “appreciation”, “wonder” and
“shock”.
• An exclamatory sentence begins with “what” or “how”.
• The word order is altered in this type.
• Exclamatory sentences end with
Exclamation mark (!).
Example:
1. What a beautiful baby he is!
2. How wonderful painting is!
Hint:
Add “What” or “How” at the beginning of the sentence and
shift the subject and verb to the end of the sentence.

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