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I like popcorn.
2. INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES
Declarative Sentence:
The popcorn is delicious.
3. Predicate
4. Phrase
5. Clause
DEFINITIONS OF THE PARTS OF SENTENCE:
Example:
1. Philanthropists donated millions to charity.
2. The dog has been sniffing.
3. The cobra saw the dog coming closer and raised
itself into striking position.
3.PHRASE
A group of words that does not have both
subject and a verb.
1. On the road
2. The teacher, Mr. Awais
3. In the air
4. To live and breathe (infinitive phrase)
5. Looking stunning (participle phrase)
TEST : IDENTIFY SUBJECT AND PREDICATE
1. The sun was shining brightly.
2. The dogs were barking loudly.
3. The pretty girl was wearing a blue frock.
4. My younger brother serves in the army.
5. The man and his wife were working in their
garden.
6. My mother and my aunt are trained classical
dancers.
7. You don’t have to wait for me.
8. We will no longer tolerate this.
9. The little tree was covered with needles
instead of leaves.
ANSWERS:
1. The sun (subject) / was shining brightly (predicate).
2. The dogs (subject) / were barking loudly (predicate).
3. The pretty girl (subject) / was wearing a blue frock
(predicate).
4. My younger brother (subject) / serves in the army
(predicate).
5. The man and his wife (subject) / were working in
their garden (predicate).
6. My mother and my aunt (subject) / are trained
classical dancers (predicate).
7. You (subject) / don’t have to wait for me (predicate).
8. We (subject) / will no longer tolerate this
(predicate).
9. The little tree (subject) / was covered with needles
instead of leaves (predicate).
VERBAL PHRASES:
1. Infinitive Phrase
2. Participle Phrase
4. He is smoking.
CLASS TEST 2: IDENTIFY INFINITIVES,
GERUNDS AND PARTICIPLES.
PART-I
1. Swimming is good exercise.
2. Economics is an ever-expanding field of study.
3. We drove to the mall to buy our new surround
sound system.
4. Breaking the light barrier is simply not possible.
5. Overwhelmed by the menu choices, I just closed my
eyes and pointed with my finger.
6. They have closed the cafeteria to repair a broken
steam table.
7. Passing this quiz with a good grade would make me
happy.
8. I always enjoy watching a meteor shower.
CLAUSE :
A group of words containing a subject and
predicate.
Examples:
1. Ali reads newspaper.
2. He plays cricket.
Types of Clauses:
1. Independent Clause
2. Dependent Clause
INDEPENDENT CLAUSE:
An independent clause (or main clause) is
a clause that can stand by itself as a simple
sentence. An independent clause contains
a subject and a predicate and makes sense by
itself.
Examples:
3. Complex Sentence
4. Compound-Complex Sentence
1. SIMPLE SENTENCE:
o A simple sentence is one independent clause
that has a subject and a predicate and expresses
a complete thought
2. COMPOUND SENTENCE:
o A Sentence containing two independent clauses,
joined by
1. Coordinating Conjunction ( FANBOYS- For, And,
Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
2. Conjunctive Adverb 3. a semicolon alone.
SENTENCE STRUCTURE OF COMPOUND
SENTENCE:
5. Unity:
• It is maintaining the singleness of
idea/theme/thought throughout the paragraph. In
order to achieve unity, all sentences in a paragraph
should conform to the idea or argument written in the
topic/introductory sentence.
6. ORGANIZATION:
It means ordering your ideas or paragraphs with
respect to their relevancy to the essay topic. One
must follow the sequence of topic if provided
with.
7. Concluding Sentence:
• It is the last sentence of a body paragraph and
contains following elements:
a. Concluding discourse markers: hence,
therefore, thus, so, as a result, consequently.
b. Idea of the topic sentence
c. Repeat topic of the essay
FIRST EVER PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT FROM ONE
POLITICAL PARTY TO ANOTHER Conclud
discour
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Firstly/to begin with, first ever peaceful
transition of democratic government from one
political party to another, has turned out to be
the great hope for democracy in Pakistan. It
signals continuity of democratic project in the
country. In 2013, first successful change of
guards occurred in Pakistan between PPP and
PML(N). Since general elections 2018 are on the
horizon, it can be expected that smooth transfer
of power will take place. Thus/therefore/hence,
smooth power transition after next general
elections indicates hope for democracy in
Pakistan.