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Courteous: he communication should be honest respectful and friendly. here should not be any hidden
insults or passive aggressive tones that indicate rudeness.
SENTENCE AND ITS KINDS
sentence is a group of words giving a complete thought. sentence must contain a sub ect and a verb.
here are mainly four types of sentences. et us learn about them.
Declarative Sentence
declarative sentence states a fact and ends with a full stop. For example:
I love my mother. My car is black.
Imperative Sentence
n imperative sentence is a command a polite re uest or an advice. It ends with an exclamation mark or a
full stop. For example:
ring me a glass of water. et out of my way
Interrogative Sentence
n interrogative sentence asks a uestion and ends with a uestion mark. For examples:
re you ready to go o you have a pen
Exclamatory Sentence
n exclamatory sentence expresses excitement or emotion. It ends with an exclamation mark. For examples:
ow his is a brilliant idea ow strange it was
PHRASE
phrase is a group of words that stand together as a single grammatical unit typically as a part of a clause
or a sentence.
phrase does not contain a sub ect and a verb and conse uently cannot convey a complete thought.
phrase contrasts with a clause. clause contains a sub ect and a verb and can convey a complete idea.
For example anet eats cake daily.
his sentence has no phrases. ll parts of the sentence are single words.
My cousin anet eats cake daily. Now we have a phrase. It s a three word phrase functioning as the sub ect of
this sentence. Note that the phrase itself does not contain its own sub ect and verb. et s say S for sub ect O
for ob ect for verb and for phrase.
he horse S runs at a good speed .
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