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For example, The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly Verb: Describes the action performed.
disappeared. Object: Refers to the person or thing that receives the action.
Conjunction: A conjunction joins words, phrases, or clauses and indicates the relationship between the
Following are some examples of sentences:
elements joined. Coordinating conjunctions connect grammatically equal elements: and, but, or, nor, for,
so, yet, etc. Subordinating conjunctions connect clauses that are not equal: because, although, while, since, Sentence Subject Verb Object
etc. For example, The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then she quickly
The cat eats the mouse. The cat eats the mouse
disappeared.
Interjection: An interjection is a word used to express emotion. It is often followed by an exclamation They are friends. They are friends
mark. For example, Oh my god! The young girl brought me a very long letter from the teacher, and then
she quickly disappeared. Types of Objects
Articles: An article is a word used to modify a noun, which is a person, place, object, or idea. Articles are In a sentence, there can be two types of objects—Direct and Indirect. A direct object is a noun or pronoun
used before nouns to show whether the nouns are general or specific. ‘A/an’ and ‘The’ are the three types that directly receives the action of the verb. For example: She bought a book. Direct Object: a book
of English articles. There are rules to help you decide which one to use, but first you need to know what
In this sentence, “a book” is the direct object because it receives the action of the verb “bought”.
type of noun you are using. When you have a single, countable English noun, you must always have an
article before it. We cannot say “Please pass me pen.”, we must say “Please pass me the pen.” or “Please On the other hand, an indirect object is a noun or pronoun that indicates to whom or for whom the action of
pass me a pen”. the verb is done. It answers the questions “to whom” or “for whom” after the verb, typically in relation to the
direct object. For example: He gave her a gift. Indirect Object: her Direct Object: a gift
Uncountable nouns don’t use ‘a’ or ‘an’. This is because you can’t count them. For example, advice is an
uncountable noun. You can’t say “He gave me an advice.”, but you can say “He gave me some advice.” or “He In this sentence, “her” is the indirect object because it indicates to whom the gift (direct object) was given. It
gave me a piece of advice.”. You can use ‘the’ to make general things specific. You can use ‘the’ with any type answers the question, “to whom did he give a gift?”.
of noun, be it plural or singular, countable, or uncountable. “Please pass me the pen.”, Here ‘the’ is used to
Following table demonstrates sentences with direct and indirect objects:
make that pen specific. Some more example of using articles are as follows:
Verb + Verb + By Whom/ Indirect Direct
Article Usage Examples Sentence Subject Verb
What? To Whom? Object Object
Used before a singular, countable noun starting I saw a cat in the garden.
A
with a consonant sound. She has a dog. She bought a book. She bought a book - - a book
Used before a singular, countable noun starting She ate an apple for breakfast.
An He gave her a gift. He gave a gift her her a gift
with a vowel sound. He is an engineer.
Used before specific or previously mentioned The book on the table is mine. I made him a sandwich. I made a sandwich him him a sandwich
The nouns, both singular and plural, countable and We went to the park yesterday.
uncountable. The water is cold.
Types of Sentences
Sentences where the subject does an action are known to be in the Active voice, whereas sentences in which
SESSION 7 Writing Skills—Sentences the subject receives an action are known to be in the Passive voice. Following table show examples of active
and passive sentences:
Sentences are essential for clear communication, as they organise words into meaningful ideas. They help
convey thoughts, information, and emotions effectively in both written and spoken forms.
Active Voice Passive Voice
SENTENCE She wrote a letter. A letter was written by her.
A sentence is a group of words giving a complete thought. Sentences always start with a capital letter and They are building a new house. A new house is being built by them.
end with a punctuation mark, such as a question mark, period, or exclamation mark.
Besides active and passive sentences, we also have other types of sentences which are based on the purpose
Parts of Sentence that the sentences serve while communicating.
A sentence must contain a subject and a verb. Some sentences also contain an object.
Subject: Refers to a person or thing that performs an action.
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