The Sentence

The Sentence

 

• Look at these groups of words:

1. Mary has
2. Mary has a little
3. Mary has a little lamb.

• The first two groups of words do not have complete meaning.
• The third group has a complete meaning.
• The third group of words is a Sentence.
• A Sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense i.e. it has a complete meaning.
• We always begin a Sentence with a capital letter and put a full stop (.) at the end of a Sentence.
• We always write the word ‘I’ as a capital letter.

 

• Let us look at some more groups of words:

1. A bird
2. on the tree
3. A bird is sitting on the tree.

 

1. Cats and milk
2. Cats love
3. Cats love milk.

 

1. Birds and wings
2. Birds fly with
3. Birds fly with their wings.

 

1. The girls
2. The girls are
3. The girls are playing.

 

• The first two groups of words in each group are incomplete.
• The third group of words has complete meaning.
• They all are Sentences.

 

• It is also important that the words in a sentence are in their proper order. Look at the following groups of words:

1. Toys balls are
2. Clothes the dry are
3. Plays she the violin
4. Black is crow the

 

• We cannot call these groups of words, Sentences, because they are not in their proper order. Their meaning is not clear. Let us put them in their proper order:

1. Balls are toys.
2. The clothes are dry.
3. She plays the violin.
4. The crow is black.

 

• Now, these groups of words make sense. They are meaningful and can be called sentences.