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                   Let us try finding direct and indirect objects in the given sentences.
                   1.  The teacher gave answers to the students.
                   2.  Meera made a beautiful painting.
                   3.  Sneha doesn’t like pizza.
                   4.  She is writing a poem
                   5.  She bought his daughter a new dress.




                 Types of Sentences
                 There are four types of sentences as explained below :

                    • Declarative/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 assertive sentences. For example:

                   I have a beautiful dress.

                   My friend is an excellent badminton player.
                    • 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.

                   Please help me with this work.
                    • Interrogative sentence: A sentence that asks a direct question and ends with a question mark(?) For example:
                   Are you scared of dogs?

                   How will you come to my birthday party?
                    • 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.

                   You dance so well. Congratulations!

                 Active and Passive Sentences
                 When the subject in the sentence has performed or received the action it becomes the voice of a verb in a 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.
                 Few more examples are:
                   Rohin changed his phone cover.
                   Neha stitched her new gown.

                 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.





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