Sentence | What is sentence? | Definition of sentence | Types of sentence | Sentence Structure

Date: 20 April 2020 

English is language. Language Means "a structure system of communication" Which you can understand by reading and listening, you can explain by writing and speaking.

  Because we are humans and humans are sensitive, therefore we can only understand or explain things that have any sense.

What is sentence?

"A structure of word (s) which make sense call sentence"

 A More Formal Definition of Sentence

How many types of Sentence?

A sentence can convey a statement, a question, an exclamation, or a command. There are four types of sentence:   

Declarative Sentence.

A declarative sentence states a fact and ends with a period (full stop). 

Example of a Declarative sentence :

Johnny own a dog.

Interrogative Sentence.

An Interrogative Sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. 

Example of an Interrogative Sentence :

Where is the dog?

Imperative Sentence.

An Imperative Sentence is a command or a polite request. It ends with an exclamation mark or a period (full stop). 

Example of an Imperative Sentence :

Feed the dog.

Exclamatory Sentence.

An Exclamatory Sentence expresses excitement or emotion and ends with an exclamation mark. 

Example of an Exclamatory Sentence :

The dog is brave!

The Subject or Verb Could Be Implied.

In an imperative sentence (commands) or an interrogative sentence (Questions), the subject or verb is often implied.

Run!

Go.

(This is the shortest sentence in English.)

Why?

The shortest sentence without an implied subject or verb is "I am" or "I go."

Sentence Structures

Each sentence is defined by the use of independent and dependent clauses, conjunctions, and subordinators. When a sentence is a single clause, it is called a simple sentence (and the clause is called an independent clause). A sentence must contain at least one independent clause. Below are the four types of sentence structure (with their independent clauses shaded:

Simple Sentence.

A simple sentence has just one independent clause with no conjunction or dependent clause.

Example of simple sentence :

I kicked the ball.

Compound Sentence.

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet, so).

Example of compound sentence :

I kicked the ball and it hit Johnny.

Complex Sentence.

A complex sentence has an independent clause and at least one dependent clause. The clauses in a complex sentence are combined with conjunctions and subordinators, terms that help the dependent clauses relate to the independent clause. Subordinators can refer to the subject (who, which), the sequence/time (since, while), or the causal elements (because, if) of the independent clause.

Example of complex sentence :

Johnny cried because the ball hit him.

A Compound Complex Sentence.

A compound complex sentence has multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. These sentences will contain both conjunctions and subordinators.

Example of compound complex sentence :

Johnny cried because the ball hit him, and I apologised immediately.