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    This document provides an overview of English and communication skills topics including the basics of grammar. It defines a sentence as a group of words that makes complete sense and provides examples. It describes the four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. It explains that a sentence has a subject and predicate, with the subject naming a person or thing and the predicate saying something about the subject. It also defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech: noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

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    This document provides an overview of English and communication skills topics including the basics of grammar. It defines a sentence as a group of words that makes complete sense and provides examples. It describes the four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. It explains that a sentence has a subject and predicate, with the subject naming a person or thing and the predicate saying something about the subject. It also defines and provides examples of the eight parts of speech: noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.

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    Subject Name: English & Communication skills

    Department of Management Studies


    Created By: Gurmeet Sodhi

    Jagannath Institute of Management Sciences


    Vasant Kunj-II, New Delhi - 110070
    Subject: English and communication skills
    Subject code: BVRM-101 HM-101 IT&SD-101
    Topic: Basics of grammar
    The Sentence

    A group of words which makes complete sense is called a sentence.


    Example: Ram buys a computer.
    Sheela eats rice.
    This is a beautiful dress.
    She is an intelligent girl.
    New Delhi is the capital of India.
    Types of sentences

    Declarative or assertive sentence: A sentence that makes a statement or assertion is called a


    Declarative sentence.
    Eg.: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
    A sentence that asks a question is called an Interrogative sentence.
    Eg.: Where are you going?
    A sentence that expresses a command or an entreaty is called an Imperative sentence.
    (commands, requests and entreaties)
    Eg.: Be quiet.
    Have mercy upon us.
    A sentence that expresses strong feeling is called an Exclamatory sentence.
    How cold the night is!
    What a shame!
    Subject and Predicate

    When we make a sentence-


    1.We name some person or thing; and
    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.

    Example: He buys a ball.


    She goes to the market.
    Parts of the speech

    ▰ Noun
    ▰ Adjective
    ▰ Pronoun
    ▰ Verb
    ▰ Adverb
    ▰ Preposition
    ▰ Conjunction
    ▰ Interjection
    Contd….

    A Noun: A Noun is a word used as the name of a person, place or thing; as,

    Akbar was a great king.


    Kolkata is on the Hooghly.
    The rose smells sweet.

    Note: The word thing includes (i) all objects that we can see, hear, taste , touch or
    smell; and (ii) something that we can think of , but cannot perceive by the senses.
    Contd…..

    Adjective: A Adjective is a word used to add something to the meaning of noun; as,
    He is a brave boy.
    There are twenty boys in this class.

    Pronoun: A Pronoun is a word instead of a noun; as,


    John is absent , because he is ill.
    The books are where you left them.
    Contd…..

    Verb: A Verb is a word used to express an action or state ; as


    The girl wrote a letter to her cousin.
    The girl drinks cola.

    An Adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb, an adjective or


    another adverb.
    He worked the sum quickly.
    This flower is very beautiful.
    She pronounced the word quite correctly.
    Contd…..

    Interjection: An interjection is a word which expresses some sudden feeling; as,


    Hurrah! we have won the game.
    Alas! She is dead.
    Contd…..

    A Preposition is a word used with a noun or a pronoun to show how the person or
    thing denoted by the noun or pronoun stands in relation to something else; as,
    The cow is in the garden.
    The girl is fond of music.
    A fair little girl sat under a tree.

    A Conjunction is word used to join words or sentences ; as ,


    Rama and Hari are cousins.
    Two and two make four.
    Thank You !!

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