Thursday 1 March 2012

THE SENTENCE

A group of words that makes a complete sense is called a sentence.               
 Example:
(i) Razu goes to school regularly.
(ii) We should respect out teachers.
(iii) Children like sweets.
(iv) patriotism is a noble
(v) take care of your health.

Sentence
(01) Subject
(02) predicate

Subject
Persons or things about which something is said in a sentence is called the subject.
1) Boys
2) My father
3) Some girls
4) The sun
5) (You)
Predicate
What is said about the subject in a sentence is called the predicate.
a) play.
b) teaches English very nicely.
c) pluck flowers is the garden.
d) rises is the east.
e) take care of your health.

Exercise
1. Separate the Subject and the Predicate is the following sentences.
(i) A little learning is a dangerous thing. (ii) A moon-lit night is pleasant. (iii) The rose looks very beautiful. (iv) An honest man is respectable everywhere. (v) Some boys are playing cricket. (iv) Badminton is my favorite game. (vii) A bad workman quarrels with  his tools. (viii) A barking dog seldom bites. (ix) Students should form good habits. (x) All that glitters is not good.
Kinds of Sentence 
1) Assertive Sentence.
2) Interrogative Sentence.
3) Imperative Sentence.
4) Operative Sentence.
5) Exclamatory Sentence.
1) Assertive Sentence
A sentence that makes a statement is called an Assertive Sentence.
          (i) Affirmative Sentence (ii) Negative sentence
a) Affirmative Sentence
Example:
1) Man is mortal.
2) Lily goes to school regularly.
3) I have a garden.
 b) Negative sentence
1) No man immoral.
2) Lily does no go to school regularly. 
3) I don't have a garden. 

2) Interrogative Sentence
A sentence that asks a question is called an interrogative sentence.
Note: (i) Are you going home tomorrow? (ii) When are they coming here? (iii) Which pen do you like most? (iv) How have you done the task?

3) Imperative sentence
A sentence which expresses order, advice, request etc. is called an imperative sentence.
(i) Leave the place at once.  (ii) Take care of your health.
 Note: (i) Look after your old mother. (ii) Do your home tasks. 
 4) Operative sentence
A sentence which expresses a wish or prayer is called an Operative sentence. 
Note: (i) May you be happy. (ii) Long live our Bangladesh. 
5) Exclamatory Sentence
A sentence which expresses a sudden feeling or emotion is called an exclamatory sentence. 
Note: (i) how lovely the rose is! (ii) what an intelligent boy Romal is!
 kinds of sentence
-------Sentence------- 
                                                   Simple--------Complex---------Compound
1) Simple Sentence 
A sentence having only one subject and one finite verb is called a Simple sentence.
(i) A barking dog seldom bites. (ii) An honest boy never tells a lie. 
2) Complex sentence 
A sentence having a principal clause and one or more subordinate clause is called a Complex sentence. 
NOTE: Complex sentence---subordinate clause---that, if, though, although, as, because, since, who, which, how, where when----
(i) I know              that he has stood first.
Pr,clause               Sub. clause
(ii) If you come,     I shall go   
Sub. clause            Pr,clause
(iii) As he was ill,   he could not play. 
Sub. clause           Pr,clause
(iv) though he is poor     he is honest
Sub. clause                    Pr,clause
3) compound sentence
A sentence having more than one Principal clause connected by co-ordinating conjunction is called a Compound sentence. 
co-ordinatin---------and, but, or, nor, so, therefore, as well as, not only---but aloso---
(i) Lily went to school             and        learnt her lessons
    pr.clause                            conj.      Pr. clause
(ii) The girl studied well          but         failed in the examination.
     pr.clause                          conj.      Pr. clause
(iii) You should work hard     or           you will not shine in life.
       pr.clause                      conj.        Pr. clause.

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