What is Sentence | Types of Sentence
What is sentence?
Sentence is a group of words which makes complete sense
ex 1 R am and shyam are going to market —————-(a)
2 . Ram shyam and are going to market —————————-(b)
sentence (a) is correct while sentence (b) is incorrect
Types of sentence
There are 5 types of sentence
1 . Assertative /statement
2 . interrogative
3 . Imperative
4 . Optative
5 . Exclamatory
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Assertative
It has two parts
1.Subject 2. Predicate
Ex
1.
Ramesh has been making efforts
2.
These chairs have been misused
Predicate
1.Noun
2.Pronoun
3.Adjective
4.Adverb
5.Verb
6.Preposition
7.Conjunction
8.Interjection
9.Articles
10.object
Noun
Noun is the name of a person , place ,thing ,quality , condition and action
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Ex
person
mukesh,raju ,seta etc
place
Gwalior,agra,new delhi etc
thing
pen,bed,fan etc
quality
honesty,dishonesty,poverty
condition
illness,health etc
action
movement,spoken etc
Types of noun
Noun
countable noun uncountable noun
proper common collective abstract material
Proper noun
Raghvendra , Seeta , Gwalior , Agra etc
Common noun
Boy, Girl,Teacher,Police,Doctor etc
Collective noun
Army,Class,Jury,Bunch,crowd etc
Abstract noun
Hot,cold,honesty,intelligent,sorrow,joy etc
Material noun
Gold,Silver,wood,Nitrogen,Oxygen etc
Noun and Gender
There are four types of gender
1. Masculine gender( boy,king,horse etc
2. Feminine gender( girl.queen,mare etc
3. Common gender teacher,doctor,engineer etc
4. Neuter gender mobile,fan,laptop etc
Noun and number
There are two types of number
1.Singular number ex boy, girl, book etc
2.Plural number ex boys, girls, books etc
How to change singular number into plural
number
Point 1 – we make plural generally by adding s
singular plural
Fan Fans
Flat Flats
Chair Chairs
Horse Horses
Friend Friends
Point
2
If any singular common noun ends with s,ss,sh,ch,x , or z ” we use
es ” to make it plural
Singular Plural
Bus Buses
Class Classes
Bush Bushes
Batch Batches
Tax Taxes
Quiz Quizes
Exception
ox oxen
Point 3 -If any singular common noun ends with “y”
consonant + y = ies (by removing “y”
Vowel + y = s
Singular Plural
Lady ladies
Army Armies
Play plays
Toy Toys
Story Stories
Valley Valleys
Point 4 – If any singular common noun ends with “o”
consonant + “o” = es
vowel + “o” = s
singular plural
Potato potatoes
Buffalo Buffaloes
Cuckoo cuckoos
Video videos
Exception
photo photos
piano pianos
Dynamo dynamos
Point
5
If any singular common noun ends with f ” or fe ””. We add
ves ” by removing f ” or fe ” to make it plural
Singular Plural
Calf Calves
Knife knives
Wife Wives
Life Lives
Half Halves
Exception
chief chiefs
belief beliefs
cliff cliffs
Point 6-We add s ” to the main word of compound word to make plural
Singular Plural
Sister in law Sisters in law
commander in chief commanders in chief
Step father Step fathers
Maid servant Maid servants
Father in law Fathers in law
Point 7
Singular Plural
Man Men
Woman Women
child children
Mouse Mice
Louse Lice
Formula Formulae/Formulas
Medium Media
Agendum Agenda
Maximum Maxima
Noun and the case
1. Nominative case
Ravi is doing his work
2.
Objective case Rahul is playing cricket
3.
Possessive case He is doing his work
4.
Vocative case come here , raju
Pronoun
Pronoun is the word which is used in place of Noun.
Ex
He , She , They , We , It , I , his , her , himself etc
Subject object Relative Reflexive
He him his himself
She her her herself
They them their themselves
I me my myself
We us our ourselves
You you your yourself
it it it’s Itself
One one one’s oneself
Adjective
Adjective is the word which qualifies the quality of noun and pronoun
Ex
1 Raju is a good player
2. He is a intelligent
3. My brother is a well known singer.
Adverb
Adverb is the word which qualifies the quality of verb , adjective and adverb itself
Ex
1. Rahul is a very handsome man.
2. He plays cricket well.
3. She sings very well.
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