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The teacher has given Sneha an assignment on sentences. As Sneha is unable to
complete this assignment, help her complete it.

Read the sentences and mention their type in the space provided.
1. Please leave your footwear outside. ________________

2. Why did you not come to school yesterday? ________________
3. My sister lives in Mumbai. ________________

4. Well done! I knew you would pass this test with flying colours. ________________

Let’s Learn Sentences

A sentence is a group of words that are put together to form complete sense.

A sentence is made of two parts—a subject and a predicate.

A subject contains words that tell us who or what a sentence is about.

A predicate includes a verb and words that tell us something about the subject. Every word
in a sentence belongs either to the subject or to the predicate. For example:

Tarun goes to school with Vikram. The tree is full of apples.
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An easy way to find the subject in a sentence is to ask who or what the sentence is about. To
find the predicate in a sentence, ask “What does the subject do?” or “What is the subject”.

In most sentences, subject comes before the predicate. However, there are exceptions,
too. For example:

The rabbit quickly scampered away.
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Quickly, the rabbit scampered away.
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In both the sentences, the rabbit remains the subject.

Here comes your bus.
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In this sentence, the subject follows the verb. 5