Basic Ideas About SENTENCE

Definition: According to Jisan Rehman Ratul: "If two or more than words are combined together & make any complete & meaningful sense, then its called SENTENCE."

Pre-requisites of Sentences: According to its above definition, Sentence is required to have some requisites to be sentence as follows- 

1. Completeness of sense 

2. Meaning of sense 

3. Order of sense

Components of Sentence: Sentences are made by some of the common following structures are as follows- 

=> I play. ( Subject + verb) 

=> Karim plays football. (Subject + verb + object) 

=> He has done a good job. ( Subject + verb + adjective + object + extension)

Subject: Subject in a sentence is whom a work is accomplished by. Such as, 

=> Karim plays football.

Predicate: Predicate in a sentence is what the subject does. Such as, 

=> Karim plays football.

Compliment: Compliment in a sentence is a kind of identity of a subject. Such as, 

=> Karim is a doctor.
=> He is good.

Types of Sentence: According to its meaning, there are five kinds of sentences. These are-

1. Assertive Sentence: Assertive sentence which makes some kinds of statements or assertions. Such as, 

=> Karim went to the market. ( Subject + verb + object + extension)

N.B: Assertive can be affirmative or negative.

2. Interrogative Sentence: Which makes some kinds of questions to ask someone. Such as, 

=> Where do you live? (W/H + auxiliary verb + subject + principal verb + object + extension) 

=> Am I a teacher? ( To be/ have verb + subject + object + extension) 

=> Can he play football? ( Modal verb + subject + principal verb + object + extension)

3.Imperative Sentence: Which makes some kinds of orders, advice, requests, forbids etc to someone. Such as, 

=> Request: Give me a glass of water, please. 

=> Order: Go home, right now. 

=> Forbid: Don't tell lie. 

=> Advice: Always speak the truth.For all- ( Verb + object + extension )

4. Optative Sentence: That kinds of sentences which make some kinds of prayers or intentions. Such as, 

=> May you live long. {May + subject + verb(without s/es/ing/ed/d) + object + extention}

5. Exclamatory Sentence: This sentence which expresses strong feelings as like emotions, happiness, surprises etc. of the speaker. Such as, 

=> How beautiful a flower it is! (How + adjective + a/an + noun/pronoun + noun/pronoun + be verb + !) 

=> What an interesting game it is! 

=> Were I a rich man! 

=> Had I a strong physique!

Types of Sentence: According to its structure, there are three kinds of sentences. These are,

1. Simple Sentence: The sentence which describes simply. In this sentence, there is one finite verb. Such as, 

=> Karim is a student. 

=> Having gone to the market, I bought a shirt.

2. Complex Sentence: The sentence which describes with having at least one principal clause. Such as, 

=> I know what you think. 

=> He is the man who came yesterday.

3. Compound Sentence: If combining more than one principal clause together by some coordinating conjunctions (and/but/or) is called compound sentence. Such as, 

=> He saw me and he called to me. 

=> When he had completed his work, he started for home with his necessaries but he had an accident on his way of home and he never came home back alive.

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                                                                     Jisan Rehman Ratul

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