The document discusses different types of sentences: 1. It defines a sentence and its basic parts - subject and predicate. 2. It describes three types of subjects: simple, complete, and compound subjects. 3. It also describes three types of predicates: simple, complete, and compound predicates. 4. Sentences are further classified by purpose into declarative, imperative, interrogative, negative, exclamatory and optative sentences. 5. Finally, it discusses four sentence structures: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

1. Types Of Sentence
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2. WHATIS SENTENCE?
• A group of words with the subject and a verb that express a complete thought
EXAMPLE
Pakistan is a nuclear power
My sister is learning the piano
The mam asked us for directions

4. PARTS OF SENTENCES
A sentence basically consists of two parts only that are:
Subject (A subject is the person or thing that is doing an action, or the
person or thing that is the focus of the sentence)
Predicate (The predicate of the sentence is the part that contains the
action)

5. KINDS OF SUBJECTS
There are three kinds of subjects which are following:
Simple Subjects
Complete Subjects
Compound Subjects

6. SIMPLE SUBJECTS
“The keyword in the complete subject is called simple
subject.”
Examples:
A good student works hard.
The girl washed the clothes.
Mercury is the hottest planet in our solar system.

7. COMPLETE SUBJECTS
“The complete subject includes all the words that name the person,
place, thing, or idea the sentence is about.”
Examples:
The students in the classroom worked hard.
The roaring of the lion frightened him.
A healthy activity always pleases us.

8. COMPOUND SUBJECTS
“ A compound subject consists of two or more words which are joined
by using conjunction.”
Examples:
Eating, sleeping and reading are enjoyable activities.
Baked goods or fried foods are not healthy for you.
Either fish or chicken is served at the cafeteria daily.

9. PREDICATE
“The predicate of the sentence is the part that contains the
action.”
Kinds of Predicate:
Simple Predicates
Complete Predicates
Complete Predicates

10. SIMPLE PREDICATES
“ A simple predicate is the keyword that shows the
action in a sentence.”
Examples:
A good student works hard.
God helps the needy.
They laughed

11. COMPLETE PREDICATES
“A complete predicate is going to be all the words that modify and further
describe the verb.”
Examples:
They built a new house.
Ali wrote a letter.
All roads lead to Rome.

12. COMPOUND PREDICATES
“A compound predicate consist of two verbs which are joined by
conjunction.”
Examples:
He wrote a book and published it.
She must weep, or she will die.
He visited not only Lahore, but also Karachi.

14. Classification By Purpose
According to their purpose sentence may be classified as :
• Declarative
• Imperative
• Interrogative
• Negative
• Exclamatory
• Optative

15. Declarative sentence
A declarative sentence makes assertion or states an idea without expecting a
reply .
It make a declaration .
This kind of sentence ends with a period.It is written in the present tense .
Examples
• London is the capital of England.
• He goes to school daily.
• I want to be a writer.

16. Imperative Sentence
Imperative sentence gives a command ,makes a request or express a piece of
advice.
This type of sentence always takes the second person (you) for the subject but
most of the time subject remains hidden.It can end in a period (full stop) or an
exclamation marks depending on the forcefulness of the command.
Example:
• Tidy your room!
• Open the door.
• Bring me a glass of water.

17. EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE
An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feelings of joy , sorrow
and wonder.
And is always followed by exclamation mark !

18. EXAMPLES
 Hurrah ! we have won the match.
 Oh! I have lost my pen.
 Alas! He is dead.

19. NEGATIVE SENTENCE
A negative sentence is used to negate something.
EXAMPLES
 It is not my pen.
 He is not reading a book.
 We did not write a letter.

20. OPTATIVE SENTENCE
The sentence which expresses a prayer, keen wish, etc. is called an optative
sentence.
This kind of sentence generally starts with 'may' and 'wish'. Sometimes, 'may' remains
hidden.
For Example:
1) May You live long !
2) God save the king !
3) Wish you a happy journey Together !
4) May ALLAH Almighty Help you in this tragedy!

21. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE :
An interrogative sentence asks a question and is always followed by a
question mark.
EXAMPLES:
Where do you live?
Do you have your homework ready?
Have you attended the classes?
Are you ready to go?

22.  Simple Sentence
 Compound Sentence
 Complex Sentence
 Compound Complex

23. SIMPLE SENTENCES
A simple sentence has one independent clause and no subordinate clause and it has only
one subject and one verb.
Examples:
He went to school.
We played cricked.
I wrote my first novel last year.
It has been raining since morning.

24. SIMPLE SENTENCES
A simple sentence structure contains one independent clause and
no dependent clauses.
I run.
This simple sentence has one independent clause which contains
one subject, I, and one verb, run.
The girl ran into her bedroom.
This simple sentence has one independent clause which contains one
subject, girl, and one predicate, ran into her bedroom. The predicate is a verb
phrase that consists of more than one word.

25. COMPOUND SENTENCES
A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses but no subordinate
clause. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a
coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Examples:
I came and he went.
We played hockey and they played cricket.
Ali waited for the train, but the train was late.
Consumers buy fewer goods when prices rise.

26. COMPLEX SENTENCE
• A complex sentence is a sentence that contains one independent and at least one
dependent clause.
EXAMPLES
He is the man who stole my pen.
He said that he had never visited the zoo.

27. COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE
• A compound complex sentence has at least two independent clauses and one or more
subordinate clauses.
• It is also called multiple sentence.
EXAMPLES
I went to my village and met my old friends who reminded me my childhood.

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