SENTENCES

SENTENCES

ARE GROUP OF WORDS WHICH CONVEYS A PROPER AND COMPLETE MEANING.

TYPES OF SENTENCES ARE:-

Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative and Exclamatory sentences

Give two  declarative and exclamatory sentences From pg 2 of the chapter PRISONER OF ZENDA

Declarative sentences:

 (a) I went off into the most delightful sleep.

(b) I opened my eyes, and found two men regarding me with much curiosity.

 Exclamatory sentences:

 (a) “Why, the devil’s in it! Shave him, and he’d be the King!

 (b) He’s the height, too

Identify the phrases.

(The back streets, the last remaining chief, a bank account.)

 These phrases answer which questions?

( What /Who)

 These phrases have taken the place of which part of speech?

 Noun

State: Phrases which takes the place of a noun in a sentence are Noun phrases.

Identify the phrases.

(not too terribly long, smarter than me, unbelievably difficult.) These phrases answer which questions?

( What kind/Which one’s)

 These phrases have taken the place of which part of speech?

Adjective

State: Phrases which takes the place of an adjective in a sentence are adjective phrases.

Identify the phrases.

(at the mall, in the long run in the olden days.)  These phrases answer which questions?

( When)  These phrases have taken the place of which part of speech?

 Students to be questioned and encouraged to answer.

 (Adverbs)

State: Phrases which takes the place of an adverb in a sentence are adverbial phrases.  

 Identify the phrases.

(to the museum today, with water, into the pool.)

 These phrases have taken the place of which part of speech?

Preposition

State: Phrases which takes the place of a preposition in a sentence are prepositional phrases.

THE BELOW Sentence 1 and 2 are made up of 2 parts.

 Which are the 2 parts?

(1st part : Tara ate the cheese roll. 2nd part: after she watched the news)

(1 st part : He failed the test six times 2nd part: Even though his mother is a driving instructor.)

What is the difference in the 2 parts in both the sentences?

The 1st part makes complete sense on its own,WHEREAS The 2nd cannot stand on its own.

State: The 1st part which stands on its own and is not dependent on the 2nd part is called the Main clause.

 The 2nd part which cannot stand on its own and is dependent on the Main clause is the Dependent Clause.

 Dependent Clauses are of 3 kinds.

Frame a question so that the answer is the highlighted clause.

(What should I ask my child? What is it that you didn’t know?)

State: Noun clauses usually answers the question ‘what’. It functions as a noun.

Frame a question so that the answer is the highlighted clause.

(Which book? Which man?)

State: Adjective clauses usually answers the question which. It functions as an adjective.

 Frame a question so that the answer is the highlighted clause.

(How do you talk at me? When will the pawn and king go into the same box?)

State: Adverb clauses usually answers the question when, where, because, if, how .It functions as an adverb.

(Adverbial clauses- When ,where,how,if,because. Adjective clause- Which. Noun Clause- What)