Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Lesson 1: The Sentence

A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.
Eg. Mr. Gates is a doctor.

Four kinds of sentences in English

  1.  Assertive Sentence:
    An Assertive sentence is a sentence that makes a statement
    eg.
    • He is a pilot.
    • Ray is not a lawyer
  2.   Interrogative Sentence:
    An Interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks a question. This sentence should end with a Question Mark (?).
    eg.
    • Do you know him?
    • Did John come to your house yesterday?
  3.   Imperative Sentence:
    An imperative sentence expresses a command, a request or a prayer.
    eg.
    • Please give me a glass of water.
    • Open the door.
    • Give us this day our daily bread.
  4.   Exclamatory Sentence:
    An exclamatory sentence expresses a strong emotion or feeling - happiness, sorrow, confusion, love, wonder etc. This sentence should end with an Exclamation Mark (!).
    eg.
    • I won the competition!
    • No, You can not go there!
    • I don't want to go to the hospital!
    • What a shame!

Improve My English

Hi friends,

For long time, I've been thinking about how to improve my English skills. Though I can speak and write English, I lack correct grammar and unable to use even the basic common phrases. I have come with a strategy that I would build a blog where I would post my lessons and exercises, so someone like me also would benefit from it. I am pretty good in typing, so hope this would an additional training  for my typing skill as well.

I welcome you all to share your views and knowledge so that we all could benefit from it. I would really appreciate your time and efforts in building this community.

Regards
-john