SENTENCESSENTENCESSENTENCESSENTENCES- A sentence is a group of words - A sentence is a group of words which makes complete sense.which makes complete sense. - - Sentences are classified Sentences are classified according to either according to either their usetheir use or or their structuretheir structure..• According to their Use:According to their Use:+ + Declarative SentenceDeclarative Sentence: is one : is one that declares or denies that declares or denies something.something.EXEX: He is a student.: He is a student. She has not arrived yet.She has not arrived yet.

+ Interrogative Sentence: is one that makes questions.

EX: Are you a student?

+ Imperative Sentence: is one that gives orders or advice.

EX: Put your toys away!+ Exclamatory Sentence: is one

that expresses a strong feeling or emotion.

EX: How strange it is!

• According to their Structure:+ Simple Sentence: is one that

consists of one independent clause. It expresses a complete thought or idea. The subject or the verb may be compound.

EX: They are playing in the yard.Mr. Brown, a famous artist, died

last week.Liz and Sue looked at each other.

+ Compound Sentence: is one that consists of two or more independent clauses. These clauses are joined:

a) By coordinating Conjunction: (AND, BUT, OR, SO, NOR, YET, FOR, …) generally preceded by a comma.EX: The strike ended, and the men returned to work.

We knocked on the door, but nobody answered.

We knocked on the door, but nobody answered.

He worked hard indeed, yet he failed in his exam.

Wear your raincoat, or carry an umbrella.

I don’t know, nor do I care. It is time to go, so let us start. You have to go to bed, for it is too late.

b) By the semicolon. EX: John is very intelligent; he is a

good friend, too.

The body was cold; the man was dead; no tears could bring him back to life.c) By conjunctive adverbs: (HOWEVER, MOREOVER, NEVERTHELESS, THEREFORE, STILL, THEN, ALSO, …) generally preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma.

EX1: The teacher was angry; nevertheless, he replied calmly.

EX2: The day was very cold; therefore, we stayed indoors.

+ Complex Sentence: is one that consists of one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. They are linked by subordinating conjunctions (WHO, WHICH, WHEN, THAT, BECAUSE, AS, …)

EX1: Tell John that I wish to see him.

EX2: People who are selfish have few friends.

EX3: Time seems to fly when you are happy.

EX4: When he returned to his native village, he found that everything was different.

+ Compound Complex Sentence: is one that consists of all three kinds of clauses in it.

EX1: You say you want to get on; then, work a little harder.

EX2: When we were looking at the window, we found Mr. Brown, who was a friend of my father’s, so little Ann hurried to let him in.