PHRASE AND SENTENCE:
PHRASE:
Phrases are made of two or more words. They don’t have a subject or a verb and make some sense only but not complete sense.
Examples:
by the way
in private
in the garden
in a minute
at school
in the end
at home
once more
at the bus stop
once upon a time
on the whole
without fear
etc.
sentence:
a sentence is a group of words that contains a main verb and carries some meaning.
if begins with a capital letter and end with a full stop, a question mark or a mark of exclamation.
There are four tyes of sentences :
They are:
Statement or Declarative sentence
Question or Interrogative sentence
Command or Imperative Sentence
Exclamatory Sentence
1.Statement or Declarative sentence:
A sentence that makes a statement or declares something is called a Statement or Declarative sentence.
Examples:
I am a student.
The earth is oval in shape.
stars are balls of fire.
India Gate is in Delhi.
2. Question or Interrogative sentence
A sentence that asks a question is called a Question or Interrogative sentence.
It ends with a question mark(?).
Example:
Are you going to Schol?
Where doyou live?
Where does your father work?
Where is my bicycle?
Are you happy?
3 .Command or Imperative Sentence
A Sentence that expresses
a command(Get lost from here.) ,
a request(please lend me a pen.) ,
wish(get well soon.),
Advise(Always speak the truth.),
,Prohibition(do not run on the road.)
,suggestion or a desire is called a Command or Imperative Sentence.
Examples:
Take care of your health.
Be quiet .
Please open the door.
Shut down the computer.
Let’s go for a walk.
4. Exclamatory Sentence:
A sentence that expresses a strong or sudden feeling is called an Exclamatory Sentence. An exclamatory sentence contains a mark of exclamation(!).
Examples:
Alas!His father is no more.
Aha!What a pretty flower.
What a beautiful sight!
oh!you are hurt badly.
Hurrah!I have won the game.
Conclusion:
Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
Both declarative and imperative sentences end with a full stop.
An interrogative sentence end with a question mark.(?)
An exclamatory sentence endwith a mark of exclamation(!)
NOTE:
In imperative sentence the subject is left out . For example , in Sit down.
the subject you is left out ,but understood.
PARTS OF SENTENCE:
SUBJECT
PREDICATE
SUBJECT:
A person or thing spoken about is called the subject.
What we speak about that person or thing is called the predicate.
Example:
(bold were subject)(remaining were predicate)
Jane came and banged the door shut.
You are a little girl.
That lady looked happily at the tiny tree.
Peter came in hurrying from the rain,
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