The human being is the special creation of God because they have the intellect, understanding power and a unique communication system.
We communicate with the help of sounds.
Sound arises from sentences. Sentences are made of words and word is made of syllables (a small unit of sounds).
What is a Sentence?
"A Sentence is a group or combination of words that makes a complete sense or meaning." Biswajit Barman.
"A group of words that makes a complete sense is called a sentence." Wren and Martin.
"A combination of words that makes a complete is called a sentence." J.C Nesfield.
"A sentence must have a proper order of words and a clear meaning." P.C Das
A sentence may be of single worded or multi worded.
According to practice English grammar, there are two forms of sentences.
One is a written form of an English sentence and another is a spoken form of an English sentence.
A sentence has three parts in general.
Subject: Speaker or doer (who is referred to) of the sentence performing any task.
Verb: Verb refers to an action performed by the subject.
Others: Additional person, thing or place helps the subject perform the task. Or something necessary to complete the sense of the sentence. It may be an object or compliment.
According to the structure, a sentence is divided into two parts.
Subject: A person who does the work in a sentence or for whom something is stated.
Predicate: Rest of the sentence without a subject.
A sentence is of five kinds as per sense or meaning.
1. Assertive: General statement, eternal truth, a daily event, etc are described in Assertive Sentence.
The assertive sentence is ended with a full stop.
Such as:
Ram is a good boy.
Swimming is the best exercise.
The moon moves around the earth.
This is a red flower.
I have a storybook.
2. Interrogative: A question is asked and an answer is expected in an Interrogative Sentence.
The interrogative sentence is ended with a question mark.
Such as:
What is your name?
Who has done this work?
Do you know her name?
How did he complete the job?
3. Imperative: Any command or request is stated in an Imperative Sentence.
Such as:
Open the door.
Please help me.
4. Optative: A sense of prayer or desire is found in an Optative Sentence.
Such as:
May God bless you.
Long live the king.
5. Exclamatory: Emotional expression of the speaker is stated in an exclamatory sentence.
In exclamatory sentences, certain anger, grief, hatred, failure, joy, etc are stated.
Such as:
Alas! The man is dead.
Hush! She is asleep.
Fie! You are a liar.
What a nice bird it is!
How cold it is today!
The sentence may be classified into two categories.
1. Affirmative:
2. Negative:
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