Grammar Lecture 2

Sentences

Sentence
A set of words expressing a

statement, a question or an order,

containing a subject and a predicate.
A set of words complete in itself as
the expression of a thought,
containing or implying a subject and a
predicate, and conveying a
statement, question, exclamation or
command.

I like simplicity!

A group of words containing at least

one independent clause.

Types of Sentences
There are four types of sentences

from structural point of view:

Simple Sentence
Compound Sentence
Complex Sentence
Compound-complex Sentence

Simple Sentence
This sentence consists of only one
independent clause.
Example:
Some students like to sleep during Sir
Abrars lecture.

Compound Sentence
A compound sentence consists of two or

more independent clauses joined by

coordinating conjunctions such as and,
but, or, so, etc. They may also be divided
by a semi-colon.
I speak Pushto, and my friend speaks

Panjabi.
The summer comes; the summer goes.
Sir Abrars lecture is very boring, so some
students like to sleep during his lecture.

Complex Sentence
A complex sentence consists of one

independent clause and one

dependent (subordinate) clause.
Example:
I feel sleepy during Sir Abrars lecture
because his lecture is very boring.

Compound- Complex
Sentence
It consists of at least two

independent clauses and at least one

dependent clause.
Example
Since Sir Abrars lecture is very boring,
some students sleep during his lecture,
and many others play videogames.

Sentence Fragments
A sentence fragment is a group of

words written as a sentence, but it

lacks some essential elements to be
a complete sentence. For example, it
might lack:
a subject
a verb, or
a complete thought

As I like simplicity!

A group of words containing NO

independent clause.

Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit

Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast

Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth
Rose out of Chaos: Or if Sion Hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa's Brook that flow'd
Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence
Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle flight intends to soar
Above th' Aonian Mount, while it pursues
Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer
Before all Temples th' upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for Thou know'st; Thou from the first
Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread
Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss
And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark
Illumin, what is low raise and support;
That to the highth of this great Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justifie the wayes of God to men.

Unlearn Fused or Run-on

Sentences
Do not try to be John Milton.

Fused or Run-on Sentences

A run-on sentence consists of two or

more main (Independent) clauses that

run together without proper punctuation.
In this type of sentence, two thoughts
are fused together with no adequate
sign to mark a break between them. We
often speak in run-on sentences, but we
make pauses and change our tone so
that people can understand us.

Example:
The article also consists of the various
controversies on machines many of
the poets and writers oppose the idea
of mechanization while some still
support it.

Thank You!