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Subject + Verb + Object = Sentence
For example:
He drove a brand new car.
Subject: He Verb: drove Object: new car
My mother cooks wonderful food.
Types of Objects
There are two types of objects which are the basic building blocks of any sentence. These are:
• Direct Objects: Direct objects come after a verb and are directly ‘acted on’ by the verb. It answers the question
"what?" or "who?". For example: She sang on Annual day. Peter doesn't like Maths.
• Indirect Objects: Indirect object is the recipient of the direct object. It answers the question "to whom?", "for
whom?". For example: She made a cake for her mother’s birthday. He wrote a letter to his friend.
Types of Sentences
There are four types of sentences as explained below:
• Declarative or Assertive Sentence: A sentence which gives information and marks a bold statement. It may
state a fact. Most of the sentences of English language are declarative or assertive sentences. For example:
I have a beautiful dress.
• Imperative Sentence: A sentence that makes a request or gives an order, an advice or a command. For example:
Don’t spend too much time on the phone.
• Interrogative Sentence: A sentence that asks a direct question and ends with a question mark (?) For example:
Are you scared of dogs?
• Exclamatory Sentence: A sentence that shows an excitement or a strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation
mark (!). For example: Wow! You won the badge.
Active and Passive Sentences
When the subject in the sentence has performed or received the action it becomes the voice of a verb in the sentence.
In an active sentence the action is performed by the subject. It is a strong and direct way of expressing a sentence.
For example: Shweta is eating chocolate. In this example Shweta is a subject and the action is performed by her.
In a passive sentence the action is received by the subject. In this form of a sentence the focus is on the action
and not on the subject. For example: The chocolate is eaten by Shweta.
In this example chocolate is a subject and it receives an action eaten.
Paragraph
A paragraph is a collection of relevant sentences with a common theme. It begins with an introduction of a theme,
followed by sentences describing a theme and ends with a statement supporting a common idea. For example:
Water is an essential component of our life. With its scarcity all across the world it is becoming a threat to the
existence of life on earth. With rising levels of pollution, water resources are being depleted rapidly. The entire
Earth consists of 71% water, out of which only a small percentage is drinkable freshwater. It is therefore very
essential to save water, to save lives.
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