Kinds of Sentences

Kinds of Sentences

Sentence can be classified five categories, according to their meaning or function

অর্থ বা কাজের ওপর ভিত্তি করে ইংরেজিতে Sentence কে সাধারণত পাচ ভাগ করা যায়।

They are:

1. Assertive Sentence.
2. Interrogative Sentence.
3. Imperative Sentence.
4. Operative Sentence.
5. Exclamatory Sentence.

Assertive Sentence

An assertive sentence is a simple/general statement or assertion, either affirmative or negative. 

কোনো সাধারণ বিবৃতি বা বক্তব্যকে Assertive sentence (বিবৃতি মূলক বাক্য) বলে। 

Pattern: 

Subject +verb +object/complement /adverb/adjective.

Example: 

-English is an Intemational Language.(Affirmative)

-We do not do badthings.(Negative)

-Everybody should know English. (Model auxiliaries)

Interrogative Sentence

An interrogative sentence asks question about a person or thing(s). It always ends with a note of interrogation /question mark(?)

There are two ways to from an  interrogative sentence.

I. Beginning with helping verbs ( am is are was  were have has had) or modal auxiliaries (shall, should, will, would, can, could, may, might, etc.)

 

Example: 

Do you have your assignment ready?

Dose he speak English?

Did she work abroad?

should I go there?

Can you hear the sound?

II. Beginning with some specific words like who, which, what, when, where, why, how, whom, how much, how many, etc. [These are known as 'Wh' questions.]  

Example: 

-How is your business going on?

-Who fixed the computer?

-Whom do you support?

-What are you expecting from me?

-How many people have died there?

-What time is it now?

Imperative Sentence :

A sentence that express a request, order, advice, suggestion, etc. is an imperative-sentence. In an imperative sentence, the subject is usually unexpressed; it is understood rather.

Pattern: 

Subject (Invisible)+verb+object/where

Example: 

-Take care of you.

-Give me the pen.

-Do it now.

-Be honest.

-Come here

-Never tell a lie.

-Do not laugh at other's helplessness.

-Let him go there.

Optative Sentence: 

Wish, desire, prayer, etc. are expressed by the Optative sentence.

Pattern:

May+Assertive.

Example: 

-May you live long.

-May Allah bless you.

-Wish you all the best.

-Long live Bangladesh. (Can be formed without 'may')

 Exclamatory  Sentence : 

Exclamatory is a sentence which expresses strong/sudden feeling or emotion like surprise, pain, delight, anger, disgust, etc.

Pattern:

Alas/Hurrah/Bravo/what/How etc. +Others

Example:

-Hurrah! Our cricket team has won the series.

-Alas He has failed the competition.

-Bravo! You have done a great job.

-What a talented girl she is!

-How sweetly the cuckoo sings!

-What a wonderful land Bangladesh is!

Were I a Super Hero!