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UNIT 1
Lesson 1: Sentences
1. Sudip is a grade 7 boy.
Are these
2. The story boring.
sentences or
3. Sudip 7 boy is grade a.
just a group of
4. The President speech.
words?
5. A group of girls sang a song.
2. and 4. are groups of meaningfully arranged words without verbs.
3. is a group of words with a verb but not arranged in a meaningful way.
But 1. and 5. are groups of arranged words with verbs which are
highlighted and they express complete sense without the help of any
other verbs. They are called sentences.
Sentences begin with a capital letter and words are arranged
meaningfully.
Sudip is a grade 7 boy.
Sudip 7 boy is grade a. [This is not a sentence]
Sentences end with different punctuation marks.
Aashish is a gentle man. [full stop]
Which team won the match? [question mark]
What a boring task it was! [exclamation mark]
A sentence always has a main verb in it and expresses complete thought.
Terisa eats green vegetables every day.
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