Basic Ideas About Sentences

 

Definition: If two or more than two words are combined together and make any meaningful & complete sense, then it is called Sentence. 

Pre-requisites to be 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 words

Components of Sentence: Sentences are made with some of the common following structures as follows.....

1. I play. (Subject + Verb)
2. I play football. (Subject + Verb + Object)
3. I play football with my friends. (Subject + Verb +  Object + Extension)
4. I have a nice football under my table. (Subject + Verb + Adjective + Object + Extension)
5. I can run very fast than others. (Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Main Verb + Adverb + Adjective + Extension)

Subject, Predicate & Complement

Subject: In a sentence, Subject is whom a work is accomplished by.

Example: Jack plays Basketball.

Explanation: Here Jack is Subject.

Predicate: In a sentence, Predicate is what a subject does.

Example: Jack plays Basketball.

Explanation: Here Plays Basketball is predicate of Jack.

Complement: In a sentence, Complement is a kind of identity or description of a Subject. 

Example: Jack is a Basketball player. 

Explanation: Here Basketball Player is a complement of Jack.

Classification of Sentences:

According to the meaning, there are five kinds of Sentences. These are....

1. Assertive Sentence: Assertive Sentence means the assertion or description of something or somebody. 

Structure: Subject + Verb + Object + Extension

Example: Jacob has finished his homework.

2. Interrogative Sentence: Interrogative Sentence means any kind of question or interrogation to ask someone.

Structure-01: W/H words + Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Verb + Extension + ?

Example: Where do you live?

Structure-02: Auxiliary Verb + Subject + Verb + Object + Extension + ?

Example: Are you a teacher? 

3. Imperative Sentence: Imperative Sentence means order, request, forbid, advice to someone.

Structure: Verb + Object + Extension.

Examples:

Request: Give me a glass of water, please.
Advice: Always speak the truth.
Forbid: Don't tell a lie.

Order: Go home right now.

4. Optative Sentence: Optative Sentence means prayers or intensions.

Structure: May + Subject + Verb + Object + Extension)

Example: May you live long my dear.

5. Exclamatory Sentence: Exclamatory Sentence expresses strong feelings like emotions, anger, happiness, surprise etc. of the speaker.

Structure-01: How + adjective + noun/pronoun + subject + verb +!

Example: How beautiful flower it is!

Structure-02: What + a/an + adjective + noun/pronoun + subject + verb + !

Example: What a beautiful flower it is!

Structure-03: Were + noun/pronoun + a/an + adjective + noun/pronoun + !

Example: Were I a rich man!

Structure-04: Had + noun/pronoun + a/an + adjective + noun/pronoun + !)

Example: Had a I strong physique!

According to the the 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. (1 subject & 1 finite verb)

Example:

Sam is drinking tea now.

Going to market, Sam bought a shirt.

2. Complex Sentence: The sentence which describes with having at least one principal clause. (Connected with linkers like W/H words)

Example:

I know what you think.

He is the man who came here yesterday.

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

Example: 

He saw me and he called me.

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