SENTENCES A Sentence is a group of words

SENTENCES

A Sentence is a group of words that has complete sense. Every sentence has two parts: Subject and predicate. The Subject is the person/place/thing/animal about which something is said. The Predicate is what is said about the subject. For Example: Akbar was a kind king. Subject predicate

A phrase is a group of words that makes sense but does not make complete sense. It has no subject and no predicate of its own. For example: The stars twinkle in the clear sky. The Hindus worship the rising sun. A clause is a group of words which has its own subject and also its own predicate and which forms of a part of a longer sentence. For example: The guests had arrived before the sun set. The words before the sun set make complete sense. There is the subject ‘the sun’ and also there is the predicate, it is ‘set’.

MAIN CLAUSE- A clause (in a sentence) which can stand by itself and which does not depend on another clause is called the main clause. SUBORDINATE CLAUSE- A clause (in a sentence) which cannot stand by itself and which depends on another clause(generally the main clause) is called a subordinate clause. For example: There was no chair there, so all had to stand.

Compound Sentences Compound sentences have two verbs and are joined together by a conjunction (like but, so, or, and ), both parts of the sentence make sense on their own. • The dog barked and it woke the baby. • I opened the door so she could come inside. coordinating conjunctions like: -and, but, yet, nor, either, neither, still, therefore, so, else, as a result, either-or neither-nor, too, also, as well as, etc. fanboys F = for A = and N = nor B = but O = or Y = yet S = so

Complex Sentences A sentence that has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses dependent on the main clause is called a complex sentence. The main part of a complex sentence is known as the main clause or principle clause. It is independent gives a complete meaning. The subordinate clauses depend upon the main clause for their meaning. For Example: The baby woke up when the doorbell rang I can't help you if you can't tell me what's wrong. These are connected by subordinating conjunctions like

after although as because until whenever where so that than that though unless

Examples: 1. You must hurry up to catch the school bus. (simple) You must hurry up and catch the school bus. (compound) 2. He failed inspite of working hard. (simple) He worked hard, yet he failed. (compound) 3. Inspite of his riches, he is not happy. (simple) He is a rich man, but he is not happy. (compound) 4. Come in time to escape fine. (simple) Come in time or you will be fined. (compound)

1. She worked hard to succeed. (simple) She worked hard so that she succeeded. (complex) 2. He accepted his responsibility for his failure. (simple) He accepted that he was responsible for his failure. (complex). 3. He was sorry for his inability to reach there. (simple) He was sorry that he couldn’t reach there. (complex) 4. Did you understand my speech? (simple) Did you understand what I said? (complex)

1. I am surprised that you have failed. (complex) You have failed and this has surprised me. (compound) 2. It is certain that you will pass. (complex) You will pass and this is a certainty. (compound) 3. It is a fact that the earth is round like an orange. (complex) The earth is round like an orange and this is a fact. (compound)