A sentence is a group of words arranged in a specific order that makes complete sense. If the words are jumbled and don't paint a clear picture in your mind, it is not a sentence.
Wrong: apple The ate boy red the. (This makes no sense).
Right: The boy ate the red apple. (This paints a clear picture).
The Golden Rules of a Sentence:
It always begins with a Capital Letter.
It always ends with a punctuation mark:
A full stop (.) for normal statements.
A question mark (?) for asking something.
An exclamation mark (!) for showing strong emotion or shock.
Every complete sentence in English is made up of two main parts. If one part is missing, the sentence is broken.
A. The Subject (The "Who" or "What") The Subject is the "Hero" or the "Star" of the sentence. It is the person, place, animal, or thing that the sentence is talking about. It is usually the one doing the action.
How to find it: Ask "Who?" or "What?" before the verb.
B. The Predicate (The "Action" or "Information") The Predicate is the rest of the sentence. It contains the action (verb) and tells us what the Subject is doing, or gives us more information about the Subject.
Let's look at some examples:
Example 1: Sentence: Rahul plays cricket every evening.
Who is doing the action? Rahul. (So, Rahul is the Subject).
What is Rahul doing? plays cricket every evening. (This is the Predicate).
Example 2: Sentence: The big black dog barked loudly.
Who is doing the action? The big black dog. (Subject - notice the subject can be more than one word).
What did the dog do? barked loudly. (Predicate).
Example 3: Sentence: My school is very far from my house.
What are we talking about? My school. (Subject).
What is the information about it? is very far from my house. (Predicate).
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