The sentence


The sentence

Read the following sentences:
1.  Rises the sun in East the.
2.   my friend best are you.
3.   Name smita my is.
4.   best policy honesty is the.

Do these groups of words make any sense? No, they don't. Therefore, they cannot be called sentences. 

Now, read the following sentences:
1.  The sun rises in the east.
2.  You are my best friend.
3.  My name is Smita.
4.  Honesty is the best policy.

Now these groups of words make complete sense. So, they are called sentences.

A group of words that is arranged in proper order and makes complete sense is called a sentence. 
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  • The first word of a sentence always begins with a capital letter.
  • The words must be written in a systematic way so that they can convey proper meaning and make sense.
  • A full stop must we put at the end of a sentence. An interrogative sentence ends with a sign of interrogation (?) and an exclamatory sentence ends with a sign of exclamation (!).

Sometimes a sentence may be made up of just one word; as 
(i) Listen 
(ii) Stop  
(iii) Go
All these are one word sentences. They give commands. In these sentences the subject ‘you’ is understood.

Exercises

Tick (✓) mark the following groups of words which make complete sentences and cross (✗) mark those which do not make any sense.

1.  He sat on the bench. (✓)
2.  Four make two and two.  (✗)
3.  Open the window. (✓)
4.  The peon rings the bell.(✓)
5.  please a glass of water drink  (✗)
6.   on the table lying the books are (✗)
7.   I like apples. (✓)
8.   Our team won the match. (✓)
9.  Janki lives in Agra. (✓)
10.  he river took bath in the. (✗)

Rearrange the following groups of words to form meaningful sentences. Also use capital letters and punctuation marks wherever necessary. 

1.  Ball my is it
It is my ball.

2.  an hour I met ago her.
    I met her an hour ago.

3.  Excuses are mere these.
    These are mere excuses.

4.  please a glass of water bring.
    Please bring a glass of water.

5.  There thirty students in are the class
    These are thirty students in the class.

6.  Joy first stands always.
    Joy always stand first.

7.  may god bless you
    May God bless you.

8.  Sings lata.
    Lata sings.

9.  my mother cooking is
    My mother is cooking.

10.  She dancing been has for ten months.
     She has been dancing for ten months. 

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