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Sentence structure

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE  Key Points:  WHAT IS SENTENCE ?  TYPES OF SENTENCES (According to Function)  1. Assertive Sentences  2. Interrogative Sentences  3. Imperative Sentences  4. Optative Sentences  5. Exclamatory Sentences  TYPES OF SENTENCES (According to Construction)  1. Simple Sentence  2. Compound Sentence  3. Complex Sentence  In this post we discuss sentence and their types according to function and according to construction in details. So please keep with us. WHAT IS SENTENCE?  Simple Sentence:  We use words when we speak or write. We have to use words in groups because isolated words do net make complete sense. When words are grouped, they become sentences. Those groups of words which make complete sense are called sentences. A sentence which has a subject and a predicate.  For example. He runs fast.  Phrase:  Then some groups of words do not make complete sense. Such groups are called phr...
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Noun

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  PARTS OF SPEECH  While speaking or writing we use different kind of words. We use words to express thoughts and feelings to tell what or how we do different works. To describe what a person or thing is Iike etc. So we use many words, which perform different functions. We divide words into nine classes or kinds and these are called Parts of speech . They are: 1. NOUN   2. PRONOUN  3. ADJECTIVE  4. VERB   5. ADVERB 6. PREPOSITION  7. CONJUNCTION 8. INTERJECTION  9. ARTICLE It is the function of a particular word in a sentence which denotes to which part of speech it belongs. The following shows the Parts of Speech and defines their function in the sentence.  NOUN Noun is the name of a person, place, idea, object, emotion, as Ahmad, boy, Lahore, pen, love, honestly, etc. FUNCTION OF NOUN It acts as the subject and object of a sentence and the complement of a linking verb. Noun means name. Noun, therefore, is the name of a person, p...
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Paragraph writing

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 Paragraph writing OR Expansion of a given idea INTRODUCTION There may be a question in the composition Portion requiring candidates to expand a given idea in a paragraph of about 200 words. The questioner may set a proverb or a quotation from a great writer to be enlarge into a paragraph. Thus, candidates may be asked to expand the idea contained in the following: (a) Strike when the iron is hot: (b) Honesty is the best policy: (c) Neither a lender nor a borrower be, Or the examiner may set some such subject for expansion as "The value of tact in life", or "The sense of honour", or "Disappointment on missing a train". The student should learn the technique of expansion by practice. He should correctly read the paragraphs that follow and that contain the expansion of given objective or ideas. He should then attempt the exercises provided in the book. Some of the exercises are accompanied with hints for the guidance of the student. Expansion means the augm...
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Correction of incorrect sentences

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Correction of incorrect sentences with rules, Reason and explanation AGREEMENT BETWEEN VERB AND SUBJECT  A verb must agree with its subject in number and person. Thus a singular subject requires a singular verb and a plural subject requires a plural verb.  Incorrect Correct The number of students have increased in our class. The number of students has increased in our class. Love beget love. Love begets love. One of the dogs bite the children. One of the dogs bites the children. Our company have a good policy for promoting its employees. Our company has a good policy for promoting its employees. Five thousand dollars are a lot of money. Five thousand dollars is a lot of money. A range of mountains enclose the city of Abbotabad. A range of mountains encloses the city of Abbotabad. Ten miles are a long distance. Ten miles is a long distance. Five hundred thousand rupees are not a big amount these days. ...
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Study and exam

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Study and Examination Techniques: Do you know how to regulate and organize the study time? Do you know how to squeeze everything from that time you spend reading the several books. This section contains some valuable hints about the how and why of studying. Learn the hints and use them; you'll be pleasantly surprised With your upgraded study efficiency. A DEFINITE TIME: Set a specific time in your daily schedule, which shall be known and observed as your official study period. Also set a a minimum and a realistic maxinmum amount ot time to be spent in study. Deeply observe these limits. You can never truthfully say that the teacher did not make a specific assignment for next class, so there is not much to study. If there is no assignment for the following class meeting use your study time for a good review. Then you won't have to cram for your next test. you cannot afford to allow non study activities to take any part of your study period. Tell your friends not to come by for ...
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