sentences

SENTENCES

A sentences is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. All sentences must have a subject and a predicate.

The subject is the person,place,thing, or idea doing or being something .The predicate completed the thought of the sentences. It is usually the verb that tells what the person,place,thing or idea is doing or being.

example The children(subject)play (predicate).

Classification of Sentences

1. A declarative sentence

states an idea. It ends with a period.

example:   We saw it when we visited my sister in the united states.

2.  An interrogative sentence 

 asks a direct question. It ends with a question mark. In an interrogative statement, the predicate or part of the predicate usually comes before the subject.

example:  Do you know where gabrielle keeps the keys?

3.  An imperative sentence

ask, requests, or commamds someone to do something.It ends with either a perion or an exclamation point. In an imperative sentence,the subject is usually left out; it is understood to be you.   

example:  come with me.

               run!

               Stella,please turn off the lights.

4. An exclamatory sentence 

conveys a strong emotion. It ends with an exclamation point.

example:  That is wonderful!

                 He is the thief!

Kinds of sentence

1. A simple sentence 

contains a single independent clause. It may contain a compound subject or a compound predicate or both.It may also contain complements and modifiers,but it does not contain any dependent clause.   

example: The cat(one subject)jumps(one predicate).

2. A compound sentence

contains two or more independent clauses. The claused may be put together by a coordinating conjunction. They may also be formed with semicolon.

example:

The  south korean football team won their game last night; it was their first win since the season began.

3.  A complex sentence  

contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

example:

The man who wrote this story is a sensitive person.(is the independent cluase )and who wrote this story( is the dependent clause).

4.  A coumpound-complex sentence

contains two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.