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Synthesis of Sentences:
The following task is synthesising the sentences which means changing one kind of sentence into another kind.
This kind of practice helps us to understand the sentence structure in full.
1. He must work hard and (he) must make up for the lost time. Compound Sentence
He must work hard to make up for the [...]
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FINAL SENTENCE ANALYSIS:
[according to construction (a) & expression (b)]
You may relax when you have finished this work.
‘You may relax’ = main clause
‘when you have finished this work.’ = subordinate clause — adverb clause of TIME; ‘when’ = conjunction
a) Complex Sentence b) Statement (Declarative) Sentence
Did he say that he was innocent?
‘Did he [...]
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Round Up of Sentences [according to Expression]:
This is a large house. Statement Sentence
Is this a large house? Interrogative Sentence
Buy me a large house. Imperative Sentence
How large this house is! Exclamatory Sentence
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exclamatory sentence:
is a sentence which is used to express strong feelings of wonder, sorrow, liking, desire, fear, etc. An exclamation mark (!) is used at the end of this sentence.
e.g.
How beautiful she looks!
What a lovely day it is!
What an awful dream I had last night!
Note the word order of this sentence. Although the [...]
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Imperative Sentence:
is a sentence which is used to give orders, advice, instructions, requests and commands. An exclamation mark (!) is used at the end of this sentence when there is a strong force to the expression, but for the other ‘not so strong expressions’ a full stop (.) is used.
e.g.
Go away.
Shut up and [...]
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Interrogative (question) Sentence:
is a sentence which asks a question. Only a question mark (?) is used at the end of this sentence.
e.g.
Who are you?
Did you see the film star at the party last night?
Can you do me a favour?
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Kinds of Sentences
[according to Expression]
Statement Sentence:
is a sentence which gives us some information — tells the listener about something. Only a full stop (.) is used at the end of this sentence.
e.g.
The baby is crying.
I saw him while he was crossing the road.
She will get to work soon.
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round up of sentences {according to Construction}:
They are our friends. Simple Sentence
My elder brother does not go for work. Simple Sentence
She got very good grades but her sister did not even pass the test. Compound Sentence
Go and play. Compound Sentence [‘You go and you play’]
If you want to have a good look [...]
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compound-complex sentence:
is a group of words which has two or more ‘coordinate clauses’ and one or more “subordinate clauses”, which means it has the qualities of a compound sentence and a complex sentence – 2 in 1!
e.g.
He got up and (he) rushed to the door when he heard some noise.
‘He got up’ = [...]
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complex sentence:
is a group of words which has ‘one main clause’ and ‘one or more subordinate clauses’. The main clause is used without any conjunction but the subordinate clause must be used with any of the subordinate conjunctions, such as because, as, so, when, who, which, if, unless, where, so that, so…that, though, [...]
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