Details of The Sentence and Subject and Predicate by Wren & Martin

THE SENTENCE

1.When we speak or write we use words. We generally use these words in groups; as, 

*Little jack Horner set in a corner

A group of words like this, which makes complete sense, is called a Sentence 

kinds of sentences

Sentences are of four kinds

 (1) Those which make statement or assertion;as,

*Humpty sat on a wall

(2) Those which ask questions; as

*Where do you live?

(3) Those which express commands, request, or entreaties;as,

*Be quiet.

*Have mercy upon us.

(4) Those which express strong feelings; as, *How cold the night is!

*What a shame!

A Sentence that makes a statement assertion is called a Declarative or Assertive sentence.

A Sentence that asks a question is called an Interrogative Sentence.

A Sentence that expresses a command or an enteraty is called an Imperative sentence

A Sentence that expresses strong feeling is called an Exclamatory sentence

SUBJECT AND PREDICATE

When we make a Sentence

 (1) We name some person or thing: an

 (2) Say something about that person or thing.

In other words, we must have a subject to speak about and we must say or predicate something about that subject.

Hence every sentence has two parts

 (1) The part which names the person or thing we are speaking about. This is called subject of the sentence.

 (2) The part which tells something about the subject.

This is called the predicate of the sentence

4. The subject of a Sentence usually comes first, but occasionally it is put after the predicate; as,

*He comes the bus.

*Sweet are the uses of adversity.

5. In Imperative sentence the subject is left out; as,

*Sit down.[Here the subject you is understood.]

*Thank him. [Here too the subject you is understood. ]

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