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1 1 The Sentence

Warm-up

Write one sentence each for the kinds of sentences mentioned.
1. Assertive sentence : _________________________________________________

2. Interrogative sentence : _________________________________________________

3. Imperative sentence : _________________________________________________
4. Exclamatory sentence : _________________________________________________

The group of words that expresses a complete thought is called a sentence. It is a basic
grammatical unit.

Parts of a sentence

A sentence is divided into two parts: subject and predicate. The part that tells
us who or what a sentence is about is the subject, and the part that tells us
more about the subject is the predicate. The predicate always has a verb in it.
Read the sentence given below.

l The kangaroo is hopping.

Here, the kangaroo is the subject and is hopping is the predicate.

Remember

The word there is not treated as a subject when it comes in the beginning of a sentence.
Read the sentence given below.

There are three cups kept on the table.

When we ask, ‘What is kept on the table?’, the answer is ‘three cups’. Therefore, three cups is the subject.

Kinds of Sentences

There are four kinds of sentences.

1. Declarative/Assertive Sentences 2. Interrogative Sentences
3. Imperative Sentences 4. Exclamatory Sentences

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