{"id":74351,"date":"2020-04-28T10:26:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=74351"},"modified":"2024-07-26T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:32:08","slug":"what-is-a-sentence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/what-is-a-sentence-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Sentence?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wind blows.<\/li><li>Fire burns.<\/li><li>Birds fly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Imperative sentences do not have an expressed subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Come here.<\/li><li>Listen.<\/li><li>Take care.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make sentences using the hints given below.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Ravi \/ want \/ doctor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. I \/ go \/ market<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. fossil fuels \/ combustion \/ hurts \/ environment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. passive smoking \/ dangerous \/ active smoking<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. many planets \/ solar system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. I \/ have \/ lunch \/ 1.30<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. epidemic \/ spread \/ the world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. she \/ refused \/ talk \/ me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. I \/ work \/ new project \/ now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Grandma \/ arrive \/ morning<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. she \/ live \/ alone \/ village<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. he \/ died \/ ill \/ several months<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. she \/ spend \/ time \/ library<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14. I \/ delicious meal \/ yesterday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15. the girl \/ ask \/ too many \/ questions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Ravi wants to be a doctor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. I am going to the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. The combustion of fossil fuels hurts the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Passive smoking is as dangerous as active smoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. There are many planets in the solar system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. I usually have lunch at 1.30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7. The epidemic spread around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. She refused to talk to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9. I am working on a new project now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Grandma arrived in the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. She lives alone in a village.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. He died after being ill for several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. She spends a lot of time in the library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14. I had a delicious meal yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15. The girl asks too many questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[913,860,914],"class_list":["post-74351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-predicate","tag-subject","tag-subject-and-predicate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77907,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74351\/revisions\/77907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}