What Is a Sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense. The simplest sentence has a subject and a finite verb. Examples are given below.
- Wind blows.
- Fire burns.
- Birds fly.
Imperative sentences do not have an expressed subject.
- Come here.
- Listen.
- Take care.
A sentence is different from a clause in some ways. First, a sentence can always stand alone. It makes complete sense. A dependent / subordinate clause, on the other hand, cannot stand alone despite having a subject and a finite verb of its own.
Make sentences using the hints given below.
1. Ravi / want / doctor
2. I / go / market
3. fossil fuels / combustion / hurts / environment
4. passive smoking / dangerous / active smoking
5. many planets / solar system
6. I / have / lunch / 1.30
7. epidemic / spread / the world
8. she / refused / talk / me
9. I / work / new project / now
10. Grandma / arrive / morning
11. she / live / alone / village
12. he / died / ill / several months
13. she / spend / time / library
14. I / delicious meal / yesterday
15. the girl / ask / too many / questions
Answers
1. Ravi wants to be a doctor
2. I am going to the market.
3. The combustion of fossil fuels hurts the environment.
4. Passive smoking is as dangerous as active smoking.
5. There are many planets in the solar system.
6. I usually have lunch at 1.30.
7. The epidemic spread around the world.
8. She refused to talk to me.
9. I am working on a new project now.
10. Grandma arrived in the morning.
11. She lives alone in a village.
12. He died after being ill for several months.
13. She spends a lot of time in the library.
14. I had a delicious meal yesterday.
15. The girl asks too many questions.
