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English Master Series - DAY-1
English Master Series - DAY-1
Master Series – DAY1
Dear aspirants,
English Master Series
– DAY1 One section – English Language which is less time consuming, most
neglected, most scaring and has the power to twist you brain from top to
bottom because you can never predict the exact marks you will get in this section.
In competitive exams students can prepare and had the accuracy in other sections in less time as comparable
to English section. It is the biggest barrier in your success path as most of the aspirants are unable to clear
the English sectional cutoff. So in order to overcome this barrier here we are with a new initiative
– ENGLISH MASTER SERIES to guide you with this section. We hope these modules will surely help
you.
MODULE1
THE SENTENCE
Grammar is what you say. Grammar is how you put words together to fashion a thought. And thoughts are
expressed, either in speech or writing, for the purpose of communicating an idea to a listener or a reader.
So grammar is quite simply the architecture of ideas as expressed in words.
A sentence is a group of words or combination of words which coveys complete sense.
Kinds of Sentences
1. Assertive or declarative sentence —Those which make sentences. Statements are the sentences that state
or declare something. They are also called Assertive or Declarative sentences.
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Ex: The earth moves around the sun (Affirmative).
I will not go there (Negative).
2. Interrogative sentence – A sentence that asks a question is called Interrogative sentence.
Ex: Why is she late today?
Who has not finished the work?
3. Imperative sentence—A sentence which express commands, request or a desire is called an Imperative
sentence.
Ex: Lend me some money, please.
Go to the market at once.
4. Exclamatory sentence—A sentence which express strong or sudden feelings is called an Exclamatory
sentence.
Ex: What a beautiful building!
How hot it is!
5. Optative sentence—A sentence which wish, prayer or blessings is called an Optative sentence.
Ex: May you live long!
He prayed that God might bless me.
Parts of the Sentence
1. Subject
2. Predicate
1. SUBJECT—The subject is the person, place, thing or idea about whom or which something is being
said.
2. PREDICATE— Whatever is said about the subject is called predicate.
Subject : Kites , We, Lions
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Predicate: fly,slept, cooked and roar
Note– Here subjects are noun or pronoun and predicates are verb. But they have other parts too.
In a Declerative sentence—The milkman brings milk.
Here “milkman” is the subjectand “brings milk” is thepredicate.
In an Interrogative sentence—Has anyone seen Harry ?
Here “anyone” is the subjectand “Has seen Harry ? ” is thepredicate.
In an Imperative sentence—You keep off the grass.
Here “You” is the subject and “Keep off the grass” is thepredicate.
In an Exclamation sentence—How brittle this coal seems!
Here “This coal” is the subjectand “seems how brittle ! ” is the predicate.
In an Optative sentence—He prayed that God might bless me.
Here “He” is the subject and “prayed that God might bless me” is the predicate.
Analysing a sentence into subject and predicate
Three points must be kept in mind in the division and analysis of the sentence.
1) The wordorder is not necessarily a guide to the division of the sentence. The normal order, first subject
and then predicate may be altered for purposes of emphasis.
Ex– Never home came she.
Here “she” is the subject and “never came home ” is thepredicate.
The subject has been placed not first , but last , in the sentence.
2) It is advisable to reconstruct in our minds sentences in the form of questions and commands into the
normal order of a statementsentence before deciding on the subject and the predicate .
Ex—What are you doing? You are doing what?
Here “you” is the subject and “are doing what ” is thepredicate
3) See all words in the sentence are attached to the part, the subject or the predicate , to which they naturally
belong. Consider two sentences:
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a) The dog curled up before the fire.
Here “The dog” is the subjectand “curled up before the fire” is the predicate.
But suppose the sentence reads:
b) The dog exhausted after his long chase, curled up before the fire.
Does “exhausted after his long chase” tell us about dog or does it tell about the curling up ? It describes
dog, therefore it belongs to thesubject. Does “before the fire” tell us about the dog or the curling up? It says
where the do curled , therefore it belongs to the predicate.
I hope this module will help you with your English Language preparation. We will come back soon with
our next module and after each module there will be anExercise based on the modules.
With regards
Avik Sarkar
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