Sentence

SentenceDefinitionTwo immediate partsTypes of Sentencea. According to functionb. According to structureBasic sentence patterns in EnglishWhat is a sentence?A sentence is a thought or a group of thoughts interrelated in meaning.Subjecta. what is being identified or talked aboutExample: Public relations is the art of dealing with people.

b. what is being describedExample: Alay Lakad means walking for a charitable purpose.c. what undergoes an actionExample: The lesson in brotherhood must be learned by all.

d. to or for whom the action is performed.Example: The visitors will be shown the prints and slides of the recent historical events in the country.

Predicatewhat is said about the subject

Example:The baby cried. Subject PredicateSimple vs CompleteSimple Subject and Simple Predicate SS SPExample: The visitors will be shown the prints and slides of the recent historical events in the country.

Complete Subject and Complete Predicate CS CPExample: The visitors will be shown the prints and slides of the recent historical events in the country.

Types of SentenceAccording to Function

Declarative SentenceIt is a statement that states somethingIt ends with a period.

Example: Ysa cooked pancit canton for Marvin.Interrogative SentenceIt is a sentence that asks a question.It ends with a question mark.

Example: Who cooked the pancit canton?Imperative SentenceIt is a sentence that commands or asks someone to do something.Some would appear to have no subject because of you is assumed to be the subject.It can be short as one word.

Example: Cook. Please cook pancit canton. Cook pancit canton.

Exclamatory SentenceIt is a sentence that shows excitement or strong emotion.It ends with an exclamation point.

Example: Such a delicious pancit canton that Ysa cooked! Oh! This pancit canton tastes so good.Type of SentenceAccording to StructureSimple sentenceIt expresses a single independent thought.

Example: Engineers are very much in demand nowadays.

Compound SentenceIt expresses two or more co-ordinate thoughts.Its clauses may be separated with a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction, or a semi-colon followed by a subordinating conjunctions.

Example: Engineers are very in demand , for they are badly needed abroad.Complex SentenceIt expresses two or more thoughts, one of which is the main independent thought with one or more thoughts being dependent on it.

Example: If you are an Engineer, why not go abroad?Compound-Complex Sentence It expresses two or more thoughts, two of which being the main independent thoughts and at least one being dependent.

Example: While he is still thinking about going abroad, his wife decided that she would go with him and his parents said that they would stay with their children. SS = 1 MTCS = 2 = MTCX = 1 MT + 1/more DTCC = 2 MT + 1/more DT

Basic Sentence PatternsS-IVS-LV-SCS-TV-DOS-TV-IO-DOS-TV-DO-OCS-IVExample:

Rye jumped. S IVSubject+Predicate(Noun/Pronoun+Verb)S-LV-SCExample:Jah is beautiful. S LV C

Jah is a doctor. S LV C

Subject+Predicate+Subjective Complement(Noun/Pronoun+Linking Verb+Adj/Noun)S-TV-DOExamples:Shi broke the vase. S TV DO

Shi broke it. S TV DO

Subject+Predicate+Object(Noun/Pronoun+Verb+Noun/Pronoun)S-TV-IO-DOExample:Marvin gave Ysa a candy. S TV IO DOSubject+Predicate+IndirectObject+DirectObject(Noun/Pronoun+Verb+Noun/Pronoun+Noun)S-TV-DO-OCExample:The parents named the child Abi. S TV DO OCSubject+Predicate+Object+Objective Complement(Noun/Pronoun+Verb+Noun+Noun/Adj)