Sentences

Introduction

If you really want to learn and speak English, so let’s raise your level. Because, A person is recognized in the society by his dialogues and conversations. To learn English it is very important to join such and environment where every one speaks English.

To learn English it is more important that you should know about English Sentences and its types. Sentences are the most essential part in any language. As knowledge of Sentences in necessary, the expression of the Sentence is also very important. Let’s discuss about this briefly with Sentence Examples.

What is a Sentence

 As we know English alphabets are twenty six (26). The combination of alphabets is called word and combination of one or more than word is called Sentence. Sentence meaning is that one or more than one word together make a Sentence. If an individual wants to learn English, he must know about the Sentence types.

There are many types of Sentences in English but main are four and other types are the subtypes of these types. Let’s learn those one by one.

1) Affirmative Sentences

Affirmative Sentences are also called Simple Sentence or Positive Sentence. They have simple meaning without negation and question. Here are some examples of Affirmative Sentences.

Examples of Affirmative Sentences

1	I play Cricket.
2	Horse is eating Grass.
3	He is your friend.
4	They were watching movie.
5	Alia cooks food.

Check carefully all these sentences. They are all in positive statement. They have no negation and question, no matter what tense they are using. (we will discuss the tenses in our further lessons).

2) Negative Sentences

These Sentences are opposite of Affirmative Sentences. These Sentences have directly negation. Let’s have Examples.

Examples of Negative Sentences

1	I do not play Cricket.
2	Horse is not eating Grass.
3	He is not your friend.
4	They were not watching movie.
5	Alia does not cook food.

Let’s see these Sentences, these are completely opposite of Affirmative Sentences. Normally these sentences contain ‘Not’ in there.

3) Interrogative Sentences

These Sentences are used to ask something. They contain the question in there. Check out the examples.

Examples of Interrogative Sentences

1	Do I play Cricket?
2	Is Horse eating Grass?
3	Is He your friend?
4	Were They watching movie?
5	Does Alia cook food?

Remember Interrogative Sentence always contains (Question mark) ‘?” at the last of the Sentence. It shows that there is a Question.

4) Interrogative + Negative Sentences

The combination of Negative and Interrogative Sentences is called Interrogative + Negative Sentences. It contains both negative and asking expression, Let’s have some Examples.

Examples of Interrogative + Negative Sentences

1	Do I not play Cricket?
2	Is Horse not eating Grass?
3	Is He not your friend?
4	Were They not watching movie?
5	Does Alia not cook food?

These Sentences also contain the ‘?’ sign at the last of the Sentence.

Role of Expression

For a good speaker, it is very important to use the right expression for the right Sentence. Means Negative Sentence should be spoken with Negative Expression and Interrogative Sentence should be spoken with asking expression. Without Expression of Speaker it is very hard to explain anything.

Summary

The combination of words is called Sentence.

There are four main types of Sentences.

Affirmative Sentences: simple of positive sentence with no Negation or Question.

Example: Harry is a Doctor.

Negative Sentences: The Sentences which have Negation or the word ‘NOT’.

Example: Harry is not a Doctor.

Interrogative Sentences: These sentences are used to ask something containing ‘?’ at the last.

Example: Is Harry a Doctor?

Interrogative + Negative Sentences: Combination of Negative and Interrogative Sentences.

Example: Is Harry not a Doctor?

From the author

It was just a Sentence Fragment; we will discuss making Sentences and English Sentence Structure in our next lessons. To learn more about English, watch out our other articles and Stay connected.