What is a Sentence?

What is a Sentence?

Queries / Questions سوالات   

u  What is a Sentence?

u  What are the Questions related to it?

u  What is its Origin?

u  What is the exact and simple Definition of a Sentence?

u  What does Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary say about it?

u   Other Definitions for further understanding.

u  How many Parts a sentence have?

u  How many Types a sentence have?

u  How many Kinds of a sentence there are?

It should be clear…..!

u  Sentence was not an English word.

u  It comes originally form Latin language and it was called “Sentire” or “Sententia” which means Feel, Be of the Opinion or someones Opinion.

u  With the passage of time the word “Sentence” entered in the Old French language by the same name of “Sentire” or “Sententia”.

u  Later on it becomes the part of Old English. And from there this word has got a position in the English language.

Simple and Exact Definition of a Sentence

A group of words which gives us a

complete sense or meaning is called a

                    “Sentence”.

It begins with a capital letter

and ends on a punctuation mark. (.!?)

الفاظ کا ایسا مجموعہ جو کوئی مکمل معنی  یا سمجھ بوجھ دے رہا ہو

 فقرہ یا جملہ کہلاتا ہے۔

 یہ ہمیشہ بڑے حرف سے شروع ہوتا ہے اور کسی رموزِ اوقاف

کے نشان پر ختم ہوتا ہے۔ (۔!؟)

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
says about Sentence;

u  A set of words expressing a statement, a question or an order, (means; order of words in a sequence) usually containing a subject and a verb.

u  In written English sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop/ period(.), a question mark (?) or an exclamation mark / exclamation point (!).

Other Definitions of Sentence

u  Sentence also mean a short saying.

u  A period of writing.

u  An utterance, which expresses our feelings, sadness, happiness etc.

u  An ability to express one’s thoughts.

u  A collection of words which reflects one’s thoughts / thinking.

u  Sentence is a combination of Phrase (s) and Clause (s).

u  Sentences facilitate our statements that we want to give.

Parts of a Sentence

Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject. A Predicate consists of verb & object.

What is a predicate?

The word or the group of the words which say something about a subject is called predicate.

Example: He plays cricket. (He = subject) & (plays & cricket = predicate)

What is a subject? فاعل کیا ہوتا ہے؟    

The doer of a sentence is called subject. کام کرنے والا

What is an object?   مفعول کیا ہوتا ہے؟              

That receives the action, the work being done on it by subject. جس پر کام کیا جا ئے

What is a verb?  فعل کیا ہوتا ہے؟          

The action of the sentence is called verb. کام، عمل، حرکت

There are Four Types of a Sentence

u  Positive / Assertive / Declarative / Nominative Sentence مثبت فقرہ        
A declarative sentence makes a statement

u  Interrogative Sentence     سوا لیہ فقرہ 
An interrogative sentence asks a question.

u  Imperative Sentence   ا نشا ئیہ فقرہ
An imperative sentence gives a command.

u  Exclamatory Sentence   ا ستعجا بیہ فقرہ
An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling.

There are four kinds of a Sentence.

Simple Sentence: It consists of only one independent clause.

Example: He plays cricket. She cooks food.

Compound Sentence: It consists of at least two independent clauses.

Example: I am reading a book but my friend is writing his homework.

Complex Sentence: It consists of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Example: This is the place where I used to play cricket.

Complex Compound Sentence: It consists of at least two independent and one or more dependent clause.

Example: He called me and I replied when I was near his house.

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