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Sentence

Def: Sentence is a group of word that gives a complete sense.
As: I have a pen. They are poor. Bangladesh is our homeland. We love our country and the people. These group of words complete the meaning. Therefore they are sentence.



On the other hand:  Consider the following sentences: 
Pen have I a. Lokman an  effective man living  in is Kolabagan. These are  not sentences  Because they can not finish complete sense. 


The  three things for a sentence: 
1. It is a group of words arranged in a particular order or proper order and  it make a complete sense.
2. The first word must begin with Capital letter.
3. The sentence  must end with proper punctuation mark.


Two parts of a sentence:
1.Subject  2. Predicate.


Subject: In  the sentence  the person who works is called subject. Subject  may be person or things. But it must contain a noun phrase or  noun or pronoun that contain a  nominative  case  but it never be a possessive case. 
Alam is a man. Seema is a woman. They are separate gender. [But we never write Alam's are  man. Or, Seema's are woman.]


Predicate: In the sentence from verb to the end part is called predicate. On the other  hand it says something  about the subject.
Ram and his three brothers are in number four. We were reading  for four  hours. [ Here 'are four' and 'were reading for four hours' are predicate.]
Kinds  of  sentence: According to the source sentences are of five kinds but they are all simple sentence.
They are  1. Assertive Sentence 2. Interrogative Sentence 3. Imperative Sentence 4. Optative Sentence  and 5. Exclamatory Sentence.


Assertive Sentence: The sentence that indicate general description is called assertive sentence. As: We are poor. Allah is rich. Allah is the lord of the universe. We are the result of His programme. [ At the end of an Assertive sentence  a full stop(.) is required.]


Interrogative sentence: The sentence that ask something is called Interrogative sentence. As:  Where are you living this month?  What is the time by your watch? [ Hence note of interrogation(?) is required at the end of an interrogative sentence .]


Imperative  Sentence: The sentence that indicate order, advice, request etc. are known as Imperative sentence. As:  Do the  sum. Let me write the paragraph. Please give me a pen. [ Hence  full stop (.) is required at the end of an Imperative sentence.]


Optative Sentence: The sentence that indicate  pray or wish is known as Optative sentence. As:  May Allah help us. Long live  our country. May you be happy in your life. [ Hence  full stop (.) is required.]

Exclamatory sentence:The sentence that express strong feeling or wonder is known as Exclamatory sentence. As:  How  beautiful the bird is! Bravo! we won the game. Hurrah! we passed in the examination.[ Hence  Note of exclamation  (!) is required.]

 According to the construction sentences are of three kinds: They are 1. Simple  sentence 2. Complex sentence 3. Compound sentence.

Simple sentence:  The sentence that contains a subject  and a finite verb ( with object)  is a simple sentence. As: Mahbub is my friend. He is from Mymensingh. Salam is  my elder brother. He lived Surja Sen Hall. [Structure : Subject  + Verb + Object.] 

NB. We can say that first five kinds of sentences are also simple sentence.

Complex Sentence: The sentence that contains a principal clause and one or more sub-ordinate clauses is called complex sentence. As:  He is honest though he is poor. You must have heard that Hazrat Rabeya Basri was a great saint. 


NB. The following conjunctions are used  before  sub-ordinate clauses of complex sentences. They are : that, when, why, who, which, where  how, if ,  whether,  because,  as, though, until, till, unless, before, after etc.

Compound sentence:  The sentence that  contains two or more principal clauses are known as compound sentence. As: The man is rich but not happy. The boy came here and returned at once.Read regularly or you will not do well in the examination.


NB: The following conjunctions are available in the compound sentence. They are:  and, but, or, both --- and, not only --- but also, neither nor, either or,  otherwise, therefore, On the contrary  etc. 

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