Sentence & its classification

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Topic-Sentence & its classification
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Name of Topic-Sentence & its classifications
Headlines of this chapter
1. What is Sentence
2. Classification of Sentence
3. Nature of Sentence
4. To identify the Sentence
5. Phrases & Clause
6. To identify Sub. Verb. Obj.
7. Sentences Structure
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1. What is Sentence
Family Sentence
Family Sentence
A group of Members
Father+Mpther+Son/Daughter
Julil+ Borsha+ unpossible
A group of words
Sub+Verb+Obj.
Julil got married Borsha.
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1. What is Sentence
1. A Complete Sense
2. A Structure
3. A Meaning
Otherwise
A Complete sense Bangladesh is beautiful.
A Structure S+V+O
Meaning Cows fly in the sky. [Not correct]
Formal Definition
A sentence is a group of words that are put together to
mean something. A sentence is the basic unit of
language which expresses a complete thought.
Example:
I want to learn English Grammar by SN English Center.
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2. Classification of Sentence basis on Meaning
1. Assertive= It tells something
2. Interrogative= To ask, know something
3. Imperative= To order, advise, request, permission
4. Optative= To pray or Wish
5. Exclamatory= To express emotion
Assertive Someone is coming to me.
Interrogative What is your name?
Imperative Please, Give me your cell-phone No.
Optative May you live long.
Exclamatory Yea! I got it.
Assertive Sub.+V+Obj./ Sub.+AV+not+V+Obj.
Interrogative AV+Sub.+V+ob.?/ Wh+AV+Sub.+V+ob.? [-also]
Imperative Verb/Let+obj.
Optative Sub.+May/wish+obj.
Exclamatory Sub+obj+Verb!
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3. Nature of Sentence
Affirmative I like to see Shapla.
Negative I don’t like to see Shapla.
Assertive Aff-I like the teaching profession.
Neg-I don’t like to waste time.
Interrogative Aff-Where do you live?
Neg-Why don’t you learn English?
Imperative Aff-Give me a chance.
Neg-Don’t break my heart.
Optative May you live long.
I wish I were a Prime-mister of Bangladesh.
Exclamatory Wow! She is very nice.
Oh sheet! I lost her.
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4. To identify the Sentence
Active We speak in English.
Passive English is spoken by us.
Active Passive
To identify= Verb To identify= To be+Verb
Devdas writes a letter to Parul. A letter is written to Parul by Debdas.
To be verbs Am/is/are /was/were/ be/been/being
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5. Phrases & Clause
Phrase
A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a
Phrase. It is a group of related words without a Subject and a Verb.
Few Examples:
1. cats and dogs
2. A man of letters
3. at length
Clause
Clause means a grope of words, but there is a Subject, A Finite verb.
What I say, you don’t try to understand.
Types of Clause
1. Independent clause
2. Dependent clause
3. Coordinate clause
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1. Independent clause
S+V+O
I want to a good teacher.
I want to get freedom.
2. Dependent clause
Bodyguard+ S+V+O
Whatever you want, I will give you.
3. Coordinate clause
S+V+O+ FANSBOYS +S+V+O
I hate you since you love you.
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6. To identify Sub. Verb. Obj.
Sub=Father,
Verb=Mother
Obj.=Son/Daughter
Example Tamim loves Aysha
Shakib got married Shishir.
To be+V-3=Passive Sentence
Object Verb Subject
English Is spoken By us.
Verb=Active Sentence
Subject Verb Object
We Speak In English.
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7. Sentences Structure
1. Simple Sentence
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12. Subject Main verb ,
Simple Sentence.
Bangladesh is a beautiful country.
We read in class One.
2. Complex Sentence
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13. Simple sentence
Complex sentence.
She is nice but short.
We are talent but lazy.
Compound Sentence
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14. Simple sentence
Compound sentence.
We have much knowledge and we can’t use perfectly.
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