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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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