Kinds of Sentences

A sentence is a combination of words that gives us a complete and logical idea about something.

"A group of words which makes a complete sense is called a Sentence"-Wren

Sentences are of five kinds. These are-

• 1. Assertive Sentence
• 2. Interrogative Sentence
• 3. Imperative Sentence
• 4. Optative Sentence
• 5. Exclamatory Sentence

1. Assertive or Declarative Sentence: A sentence that makes a statement or assertion is called Assertive or Declarative Sentence.

As:↪India is a great country.

     ↪ God is good

     ↪ Ram walks in the morning.

Sentence Structure:

Subject+Verb+Object/Complement + Preposition, others

I+ eat+ rice + at night

2. Interrogative Sentence: A sentence that asks a question is called Interrogative Sentence.

As:↪Are you going to market?

     ↪ How are you?

     ↪ Who are you?

Sentence Structure:

Question begin with :wh-Words/Interrogative pronoun or Be Verb/Have Verb/Modal Verb/

or Do verb

Be verb are: Am, Is , Are

Have verb: Have,Has, Had ( Have they any vehicle?)

Modal verb:  May, Do etc ( May I come in?)

Modal Auxiliary Verb: shall, should, will, would,can,could,may etc

Semi Modal Verb: need,dare,used to

Do verb: do,does,did

3. Imperative Sentence: A sentence that expresses a command, advice, request or entreaty is called an Imperative Sentence.

As:↪Never tell a lie.

     ↪ Shut the window.

     ↪ Please give me the pen.

Sentence Structure:

a). verb+ object ( open the gate)

b.) Verb+where/adverbial (Go there, Run quickly)

Rule: subject is hidden. Verb is always in present tense

4. Optative Sentence: A sentence that expresses a prayer or a wish is called an optative Sentence.

As:↪May God bless you.

     ↪ May his soul rest in peace.

     ↪ May you success in life

     ↪ Long live the Emperor. ( May is hidden here)

Sentence Structure:

May+ Subject+ verb+ object ( open the gate).

5. Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence that expresses some sudden feelings or emotions of a mind is called Exclamatory Sentence .

As:↪Oh! what a nice picture it is.

     ↪ what a shame!

     ↪ Alas! Shyam is no more.

Sentence Structure:

Sentence Starts with Exclamatory words or Wh-words.

Any sentence is of two types depending on meaning(yes/agree or no/disagree):

a). Affirmative: A sentence that affirms something is called an affirmative sentence. 

as : He can walk.

He is ready to move

He was my friend

b). Negative: A sentence that denies something is called an Negative sentence.

 as: He can not walk.

He is not ready to move

He was not my friend

Negative sentence transformation Rules:

Rule 1:

If there is “Be-verb, have verb, shall, should, will, would, will, would, may, might, can, could need, dare” present in Affirmative Sentence, just put “not” after these verbs to make it Negative Sentence.

As

A: I can do this work.

N: I can not do this work.

A: He may come

N: He may not come.

Otherwise put “do/does/did not” after the main verb.

As

A: Come here.

N: Do not come here.

A: Rabi walks fast.

N: Rabi does not walk fast.

 ( walks=does walk)

A: He told me.

N: He did not tell me.

(told= did tell)

Rule 3:  

Use “no” before noun

As: Ram has no sister.

Use “not” before adjective

As: Kajal is not beautiful.

Rule 4:

Use "never" and "nothing" to make Negative Sentence.

AS: I never tell a lie.

Nothing can satisfy you.