SENTENCE

DEFINITION
TYPES
 DEFINITION OF SENTENCE
Sentence is a group of words that gives a complete
meaning and ends with a full stop(.).

According to the rules of grammar,

• “A sentence should be in proper sequence
to reveal a complete meaning. A sentence
can have noun, verb, adjectives, subject,
object and article in the correct sequence.”
TYPES OF SENTENCE
There are many types of sentences in English language.
The purpose of a sentence is to convey meaning to the
other person. So based on this the sentence is of two
types
Perfect Imperfect
Sentence sentence
Has a complete Has no
meaning in a meaning in the
single sentence. sentence.

Ex: Monkey
Ex: I read a
drink tree night
book.
at fruit.
IMPORTANCE OF CLAUSE AND
CONJUNCTION IN SENTENCE

Clause helps in
differentiating
between sentences and
by using conjunctions
sentence construction
is done
 Clause
 Clause -“It is a meaningful combination of words, as it can
alone express a complete thought.” in other words, clause
is a related group of words that contains a subject as well as
a verb.
 Types of clauses
• It is also known as MAIN CLAUSE
• Which gives a complete meaning in a single sentence
Independent
clause • Example: I bought a house

• It is also known as SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

• Which is used with an interconnected conjunction
Dependent • Example: She failed many times yet she is not
clause disappointed
Conjunction
Conjunction is the joining together of elements
It is a word that connects sentences, phrases or clauses

For Compound Sentence:

• are, and, for, nor, but, so, yet, or, etc.

For Complex Sentence:

• Although, because, since, unless, when, or
relative nouns such as, who, that, which, etc.
TYPES OF SENTENCES

Structural Functional

• Simple • Declarative
• Compound • Imperative
• Complex • Interrogative
• Complex- • Exclamatory
Compound
 STRUCTURAL TYPES
• A sentence which has complete meaning.
Simple
• Example: She sings a song.
• A sentence which has at least two main clauses connected
Compoun by a coordinating conjunction.
d • Example: I wrote him a letter but he didn’t reply me.

• A sentence which consists of one main clause and one

Complex subordinate clause.
• Example: It is quite hot today although it was raining.

Complex- • Contains two main clauses and one or more subordinate

clauses.
Compoun • Example: I waited for him but he didn’t come which
d disappointed me.
 FUNCTIONAL TYPES
• The sentence that ends with a complete meaning(.)
Declarative • Example: I drive a car.

• A sentence is either a command or request:

Imperative • Example: Turn off the light.(Command)
Give me some food(request).

Interrogativ • A sentence that ends with a question mark(?):

e • Example: How are you?

Exclamator • Sentence that express an emotion or feeling and ends

with and exclamatory mark(!)
y • Example: We won the race!