A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete idea.
Example: "Meera helps Malini." ( A complete idea)
A sentence can express:
1. A statement.
Example: She is intelligent.
2. A question.
Example: Is she intelligent.
3. An order/advice/suggestions
Example: Be intelligent.
4. A wish/strong desire
Example: I wish I were intelligent!
A sentence must minimally have a subject and a verb. Sometimes the subject can be omitted if it is understood.
The subject is the person or thing about which something is being stated.
Example: "Tanya is a clever girl."
The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells something about thesubject. The predicate always includes a verb
("Predicate" is also a verb that means, "to state something.")
Example: " Karuna lifted the heavy box."
The object of the preposition is a noun or a pronoun that completes its meaning.
Example; "The cat is looking at the fish."
The basic rules for the way that words and phrases should be arranged in a sentence in order for it to make sense.
To reorder sense groups into a syntactically correct and complete sentence:
Example;
1. the/he/into /plunged/water
He plunged into the water.
SYNTACTIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE ABOVE SENTENCE:
He: Subject
Predicate: Plunged into the water.
Verb: Plunged
Preposition: into
Article: the
Water: object
A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete idea.
Example: "Meera helps Malini." ( A complete idea)
A sentence can express:
1. A statement.
Example: She is intelligent.
2. A question.
Example: Is she intelligent.
3. An order/advice/suggestions
Example: Be intelligent.
4. A wish/strong desire
Example: I wish I were intelligent!
A sentence must minimally have a subject and a verb. Sometimes the subject can be omitted if it is understood.
The subject is the person or thing about which something is being stated.
Example: "Tanya is a clever girl."
The predicate is the part of a sentence that tells something about thesubject. The predicate always includes a verb
("Predicate" is also a verb that means, "to state something.")
Example: " Karuna lifted the heavy box."
The object of the preposition is a noun or a pronoun that completes its meaning.
Example; "The cat is looking at the fish."
The basic rules for the way that words and phrases should be arranged in a sentence in order for it to make sense.
To reorder sense groups into a syntactically correct and complete sentence:
Example;
1. the/he/into /plunged/water
He plunged into the water.
SYNTACTIC ARRANGEMENT OF THE ABOVE SENTENCE:
He: Subject
Predicate: Plunged into the water.
Verb: Plunged
Preposition: into
Article: the
Water: object