A Sentence

A Sentence :



Look at the following groups of words.

1. Under the banyan tree….
2. When he entered the house….
3. When he entered the house, he found his dog sitting under the banyan tree.

Which group of words makes complete sense?
Yes.
The third group of words makes sense.

A group of words that makes complete sense is called a sentence.

In order to make complete sense….

A sentence begins with a capital letter.
A sentence has words placed in their proper order.
A sentence ends with a full stop, a question mark or a mark of exclamation.

Examples :

Colour blue favourite is my.
Makes no sense.
Therefore it is not a sentence.

My favourite colour is blue.
Makes complete sense.
Therefore it is a sentence.

Example Sentences :

1. He does not like what you said.
2. My daughter is getting ready to go to school.
3. Your brothers are quarreling among themselves.
4. Why are you so sad today?
5. He is my brother’s friend.
6. It is not good to scold him in font of his wife.
7. Where is my pen?
8. We are not celebrating Diwali this year.
9. Childhood was a wonderful time some fifty years ago.
10. Chennai is getting ready to face heavy-down-pour in December this year.

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1. Kinds of Sentences - 1
   
2. Assertive Sentence
   
3. Declarative Sentence
   
4. Affirmative Sentence
   
5. Negative Sentence
   
6. Imperative Sentence
   
7. Interrogative Sentence
   
8. Exclamatory Sentence
   
9. Interjections
   
10. Finite Verbs
    
11. Non-Finite Verbs
    
12. Kinds of Sentences - 2
    
13. Simple Sentence
    
14. Compound Sentence
    
15. Complex Sentence
    
16. Transformation of Sentences
    
17. Transformation of Simple into Compound Sentences
    
18. Transformation of Simple into Complex Sentences
    
19. Transformation of Compound into Complex Sentences
    

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1. A Sentence - 1
   
2. A Sentence - 2
   
3. A Sentence - 3
   
4. The Structure of Sentences
   
5. Kinds of Sentences
   
6. A Clause and A Phrase
   
7. The Noun Clause
   
8. The Adjective Clause
   
9. The Adverb Clause
   
10. Adverb Clauses
    
11. Adjective Clauses
    
12. Noun Clauses
    
13. Three Kinds of Clauses
    
14. Sample Sentences with Clauses
    
15. Simple Sentences ( Simple Sentence )
    
16. Double Sentences
    
17. Multiple Sentences
    
18. Complex Sentences
    
19. Attributive Adjuncts
    
20. The Predicate
    
21. Adverbial Adjuncts to Verb of Predicate
    
22. Analysis of Sentences
    
23. Contracted Sentences
    
24. Analysis of Double Sentences
    
25. Analysis of Multiple Sentences
    
26. Rules for Analysing Double Sentences
    
27. Rules for Analysing Multiple Sentences
    
28. Analysis of Complex Sentences
    
29. The Complex Sentences
    
30. Analysis of Multiple Sentence
    
31. The Transformation of Sentences
    
32. Modes of Expressing A Condition in English Grammar
    
33. Modes of Expressing A Concessional Clause
    
34. Modes of Expressing A Contrasting Clause
    
35. Interchange of Degrees of Comparison
    
36. Synthesis of Sentences - 1
    
37. Synthesis of Sentences - 2
    
38. Synthesis of Sentences - 3
    
39. The Principal Clause
    
40. The Dependent Clause
    
41. Verb in The Dependent Clause
    
42. Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
    
43. Kinds of Sentences
    
44. Direct and Indirect Speech
    
45. A Sentence without E
    
46. Parsed Sentence
    

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