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A sentence is a complete set of words that includes a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command. There are four main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory, each serving different purposes. Additionally, the document explains the concepts of subject, predicate, objects, complements, modifiers, adverbials, main idea, and paragraphs in sentence structure and writing.

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A sentence is a complete set of words that includes a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command. There are four main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory, each serving different purposes. Additionally, the document explains the concepts of subject, predicate, objects, complements, modifiers, adverbials, main idea, and paragraphs in sentence structure and writing.

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Types of Sentences or kinds of sentences

Define a sentence.
a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a
statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes
one or more subordinate clauses.

Types of sentences

1.​ Declarative sentence - A declarative sentence (also know as a statement) makes


a statement and ends with a period or full stop. It's named appropriately
because it declares or states something.

2.​ Imperative sentence - An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives


instructions or advice, and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or a
request. It is also known as a jussive or a directive. Depending upon its delivery,
an imperative sentence may end with an exclamation mark or a period.

3.​ Interrogative sentence - An interrogative sentence is one that asks a question,


interrogative sentences are punctuated with question marks.

4.​ Exclamatory sentence - An exclamatory sentence conveys a strong emotion and


ends with an exclamation mark (!).

A simple sentence has the most basic elements that make it a sentence: a
subject, a verb, and a completed thought. Examples of simple sentences
include the following: Joe waited for the train. I looked for Mary and Samantha at
the bus station.

Define the term subject and predicate.

●​ Understanding Subject and Predicate is the key to good sentence writing. The
subject of a complete sentence is who or what the sentence is about, and the
predicate tells about that subject. The dog ran. The dog is the subject of the
sentence, because the sentence is telling something about that dog.
●​ The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or
being something. You can find the subject of a sentence if you can find the verb.
Ask the question, "Who or what 'verbs' or 'verbed'?" and the answer to that
question is the subject.
●​ The part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the
subject (e.g. went home in John went home ).

Object
Objects are noun phrases that are included in the predicate. They are the things being
acted upon by the verb. For example:

●​ Susan bought the gift.


●​ The dog caught the ball.
●​ The boy spilled the milk.

In each of these sentences, there is a direct object in the predicate. It is the thing being
acted upon; for example, the gift is the thing given by Susan.

It's also possible to have an indirect object that includes more information about the person
or thing towards which the action is directed. For example:

●​ Susan bought him the gift.


●​ He wrote them a long letter.
●​ The man gave her an ultimatum.

In the sentence "Susan bought him the gift," "him" is an indirect object because he is not the
item bought at the store, but rather the person for whom the action was completed.

Complement
In predicates that use linking verbs rather than action verbs, items following the verb are
known as complements. Complements modify the subject by describing it further. For
example:

●​ I am a teacher.
●​ The cat was the laziest creature.
●​ The woman seems smart.

In these cases, the words following the linking verb describe the subject, whether they are
nouns, noun phrases or adjectives.

To write a complete sentence, you must include at least a subject and a predicate. If you
only include one of these, you will have only a sentence fragment, which is grammatically
incorrect.

Modifier
Modifiers are words or phrases that describe parts of the sentence by adding additional
information. Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns, while adverbs modify verbs, adjectives,
and other adverbs. It is possible for parts of speech to do this work alone in the sentence in
either the subject or the predicate. For example:

●​ The blue boat sank.


●​ The boat slowly sank.

In the first example, the adjective modifies the subject, but in the second example, the
adverb modifies the simple predicate.

Adverbial
Not all modifiers are single words. Sometimes they are groups of words that work together.
When these words are in the predicate and explain how, when, where or why the action was
performed, they are known as an adverbial. For example:

●​ She exercised in the morning.


●​ The boy reached out to the teacher for help.
●​ I skipped school because I was sick.
Each adverbial above modifies the verb, therefore performing the function of an adverb in
the sentence. The first two examples are adverbial phrases - groups of words that function
as an adverb but don't contain a subject and a verb. The final example is an adverbial
clause, which performs the same function but does contain a subject and a verb. Adverbial
clauses are dependent clauses and are not complete sentences on their own.

Modifiers are optional when it comes to writing sentences since they merely give additional
information and are not required the way a subject and verb are. Note that complements are
considered to be a type of modifier as well

Define the term main idea.


●​ The main idea is the point of the paragraph. It is the most important thought
about the topic. ... The author can locate the main idea in different places within
a paragraph. The main idea is usually a sentence, and it is usually the first
sentence.
Define the term paragraph.
●​ a distinct section of a piece of writing, usually dealing with a single theme and indicated
by a new line, indentation, or numbering.

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