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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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