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Jayatee Bhattacharya, Lovely Professional University Unit 2: Functional Grammar: Sentence

Unit 2: Functional Grammar: Sentence Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
2.1 Simple Sentence

2.2 Compound Sentence
2.3 Complex Sentence
2.4 Complex Sentences/Adjective Clauses
2.5 Summary

2.6 Keywords
2.7 Review Questions
2.8 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

• Explain about sentences
• Know the types of sentences
• Use and differentiate all sentences.

Introduction

A sentence is a group of words containing a subject and predicate. Sometimes, the subject is
“understood,” as in a command: “[You] go next door and get a cup of sugar.” That probably
means that the shortest possible complete sentence is something like “Go!” A sentence ought to
express a thought that can stand by itself, but it would be helpful to review the section on Sentence
Fragments for additional information on thoughts that cannot stand by themselves and sentences
known as “stylistic fragments.”Sentences are also defined according to function: declarative (most
of the sentences we use), interrogative (which ask a question — “What’s your name?”), exclamatory
(“There’s a fire in the kitchen!”), and imperative (“Don’t drink that!”).

2.1 Simple Sentence

A simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it
expresses a complete thought. In the following simple sentences, subjects are in yellow, and
verbs are in green.
• Some students like to study in the mornings.

• Ram and Shyam play tennis every afternoon.
• Sita goes to the library and studies everyday.

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