what is sentence

what is sentence

Read the following passage : 

Ashraf is a student. He is attentive to his studies. He obeys his parents and teachers. His father is a teacher, Ashraf wants to be a doctor. He has one brother and one sister. They are also students. His mother is a housewife. She is very careful of her children.

Questions :

i) Is it a meaningful passage? 

ii) Does each group of words give a complete meaning? 

iii) "Ashraf is a student" - is it a group of words?

This group of words "Ashraf is a student" is giving a complete idea or meaning. Here it is a sentence. Other groups of words also express meaning. So they are also sentences.

Let's know what sentence is:

A sentence is a group of words giving a complete sense or meaning. Remember that the words you say or write cannot make a sentence if they do not express your idea or thought completely.

Find out which of the following words make sentence and which do not?

i) Ashraf is attentive to his studies. 

ii) His careful mother of her children is. 

iii) Students they also are. 

iv) Ashraf his parents obeys and teacher. 

v) Father his is a teacher. 

vi) To be a wants Ashraf doctor.

Arrange the following words in a sentence and make the passage a meaningful one: 

An English language international is. Need to we know this language. We get any cannot without job good knowing English. Besides, need we English international diplomatic for our relation activities. Must tourists English know. A global is village modern world. As an active member of this village, must have we for our interest English knowing people.

Join the words of column A with those of column B to make a sentence.

a. Bangladesh is a 

b. Her economy is mainly 

C. Majority of her people 

d. They live by 

e. Most of the farmers 

f. But they are very

i. dependent on agriculture. 

ii. cultivation. 

iii. are poor and illiterate. 

iv. small country. 

v. honest and simple. 

vi. are farmers.

Sentence is of five kinds according to its meaning: 

01. Assertive Sentence: It expresses a simple statement which may be affirmative or negative: . 

i. He is an honest man. 

ii. He is not an honest man. 

02. Interrogative Sentence: It denotes a question that may be affirmative or negative: 

i. Is he an honest man?

ii. Is he not an honest man? 

03. Imperative Sentence: It expresses order, command, request, advice etc. which may be affirmative or negative : 

i. Read your lessons.

ii. Never tell a lie. 

Note: Imperative sentence may begin with 'Let'.

i. Let us learn English. 

ii. Let him do the work.

04 Optative Sentence: It expresses wish or desire or blessing:

i. May you live long. 

ii. Long live our country.

iii. May Allah help you.

05. Exclamatory Sentence: 'It indicates sudden expression of emotion or strong feelings.

i. What a beautiful flower it is! 

ii. Alas! He is dead. 

iii. Hurrah! We have won the game. 

Sentence is of three types according to its form and structure. They are: 

a) Simple Sentence 

b) Complex Sentence 

c) Compound Sentence

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