What is sentence And sentence structure?
What is sentence?
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Sentence: A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.
- Aslam is my brother.
- Karachi is a big city.
Kinds of sentence
- There are four kinds of sentences:
- Declarative sentences
- Interrogative sentences
- Imperative sentences
- Exclamatory sentences
Exclamatory sentences
Expression of Sudden and strong feeling with an exclamation mark is used at the end of this kind of sentence.
- How brave he was!
Declarative sentences
A sentence in the indicative mood that makes a declaration.
- He was a brave man.
Interrogative sentences
A sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply.
- Was he a brave man?
Imperative mood
A sentence which expresses some order, request command suggestion and forbade etc.
- Open the door.
- Please, give me a glass of water.
SENTENCE STRUCTURE
The grammatical arrangement of words in sentences is called sentence structure.
Orderly Arrangement
- Subject and predicate
- SVOC
* Subject and predicate
Subject
The subject is the doer of the verb or whose state a verb describes. The subject is always a noun or noun equivalent.
- Ali reads a book.
Predicate:
The part which tells something about the Subject. This is called the Predicate of the sentence.
- Ali reads a book.
Syntax (SVOC)
Syntax is that part of the grammar that deals with the arrangement of words into phrases and of phrases into sentences.
- Syntax of a sentence in tenses is as follows: SVOC
- Subject + Verb + object/Complement + Adverb
- Ali plays hockey everyday.
- The subject is the doer of the verb or whose state a verb describes.
- The subject is always a noun or noun equivalent.
- Ali plays hockey everyday.
The Verb
The Verb: is a word that tells action or state of the subject.
- Ali kicks the ball.
- (The word kicks is the verb as it tells the action of the subject).
The OBJECT
- The object is a word (or a word) that receives the action of the verb.
- The object is always a noun or a noun equivalent.
- Ahmed kicked the ball (the ball is the object as it receives the action of the verb kicked).
Complement
- Some verbs require something other than the object to complete their meaning. The word or phrase that completes the meaning of the verb is called complement.
- He made me an educated person.
- S V O C
Adverb
- The Adverb is a word (or words) that tells
Where the action takes place (is called adverb of place).
When the action takes place is called adverb of time).
How the action takes place is called adverb of manner).
How often the action takes place (is called adverb of frequency).
- He lives in Lahore. (in Lahore is the adverb of place).
- He came yesterday. (yesterday is the adverb of time).
- He ran fast . (fast is the adverb of manner)
- He often comes late. (often is the adverb of frequency.