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Sentences in English Grammar

Sentences are groups of words that express a complete thought. They start with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark like a period or question mark.

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Sentences in English Grammar

Sentences

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A sentence is a unit of language that typically contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Follow the lesson to find out how it works.

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"Simple Sentences" in the English Grammar

Simple Sentences

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Most of us learned how to put three words together to make sentences in kindergarten: I love puppies! Games are fun! Let's learn all about simple sentences!

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"Compound Sentences" in the English Grammar

Compound Sentences

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In this lesson, we will study compound sentences and learn how to create them by joining two or more independent clauses together.

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"Complex Sentences" in the English Grammar

Complex Sentences

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A complex sentence is a sentence that contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. In this lesson, we will learn all about this type!

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Compound-Complex Sentences

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A compound-complex sentence is comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Let's get to know it in detail!

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Word Order

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Word order refers to the order or arrangement of words in a phrase, clause, or sentence. In order to study them in more detail, take a look at this article!

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Cleft Sentences

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Cleft sentences are complex sentences that have a meaning we can express by a simple sentence. They are used to emphasize one part of a clause. Let's see.

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Negation

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Negation is the act of making a term, phrase, or clause negative. In this article, you will learn how to make negative structures in English.

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Negation: Verbs & Clauses

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Negation is the process that turns an affirmative statement into a negative one. In this lesson, we will learn about ways of creating negative sentences.

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Negation: Nouns & Pronouns

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In this lesson, we will learn about negative structures with nouns and pronouns. Do we have negative pronouns? How can we make a negative noun?

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Negation: Adverbs

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In this lesson, we will learn about negative structures with adverbs. Do we have negative adverbs?

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Double Negations

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Using a negative word with a negative verb is called a double negation. Is it OK to use double negation in English grammar? Let's find out!

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Negative Markers

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Negative markers are used to make sentences with a negative meaning. In this lesson, we will learn about them.

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Questions

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In English, there are different types of questions. In this lesson, you will get to know them briefly and see some examples for each type.

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Yes/No Questions

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'Do you like English?' 'Are you making progress?' 'Have these lessons been helping you?' If you want to learn about how to make yes/no questions, read this.

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Wh- Questions

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Wh-questions are questions that begin with one of the 'wh-' words. In order to learn about them and to know how to form a wh- question, read this article!

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Embedded Questions

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A question within another question?! I wonder how's that ! let's see what are embedded questions to learn more about them.

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Tags

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Tags are short clauses that look like questions. They are generally used at the end of a clause to ask for a response from the listener. Let's learn more!

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Agreement

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Consider the sentence ' They is at home'. It is incorrect. There are different components in a sentence that need to agree with each other.

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Reported Speech

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Reported speech is related to the grammar of reporting what someone else said. In this lesson, you will learn all about it.

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Reported Speech: Direct Speech

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Mainly, there are two types of reported speech: direct speech and indirect speech. In this lesson, we will focus on the first type: how to use direct speech.

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Reported Speech: Indirect Speech

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There are two main types of reported speech: direct speech and indirect speech. In this lesson, we will learn about how to use indirect speech in English.

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Inversion and Fronting

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Inversion and fronting occur when we invert the normal sentence order. In this lesson, we will study these two grammatical structure.

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Ellipsis

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Ellipsis is the omission of a word or words that are obvious or easily understood from the context. In this lesson, we will learn about ellipses.

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Sentences

'Sentences' that require a variation often repeat subjects, lengths, or types. A sentence is made up of elements called 'clause'. Based on how these clauses are arranged and the types of the clauses, we have four types of sentence structures:

simple sentences
compound sentences
complex sentences
compound-complex sentences

We will talk about each of them in seperate articles.

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