c. Words used should make a sense.
d. A sentence should be grammatically correct.
e. A sentence should have a tensed verb.
f. A sentence must begin with a capital letter and ends with a period or any other
punctuation mark depending on what kind of a sentence generated. According to Marcella Frank 1972: 220, sentences are generally classified into
two ways, first by types and second by the number of formal predication. In spite of any variations in word order, every sentence has a framework, which fits one of the basic
sentence patterns. In addition, according to Sidney Greenbaun and Radolph Quirk 1990: 231 English sentences refer to four kinds of sentences as shown in the following:
a. Declaratives sentence
b. Interrogatives sentence
c. Imperatives sentence
d. Exclamatives sentence
3.1.1 Declaratives Sentences statements
Decleratives are sentences in which it is normal for the subject to be present and to precede the verb. Declarative sentences are used to form statements, and consist of a
subject and a predicate. The subject may be a simple subject or a compound subject. A simple subject consists of a noun phrase or a nominative personal pronoun. Compound
subjects are formed by combining several simple subjects with conjunctions.
For examples:
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a. Every student should be a patriot.
b. My friend won the race.
c. He will not tell a lie.
d. The students prepare themselves for examination.
e. Ani studied Mandarin language.
3.1.2 Interrogative Sentences Question
An interrogative sentence is used to ask for something, information, noun and many other else. In an interrogative sentence the subject and the auxiliary verb are often
reversing. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. In an interrogative sentence, the subject and the auxiliary verb are often reversing. The sentence ends with a
question mark interrogative point in writing. While in speech an interrogative sentence begin with question words and ends with a fall intonation in pitch yes-no question end
with rising intonation. For examples:
a. Do you receive my letters?
b. Will you come to the party tonight?
c. Does she do the duty every day?
The examples of interrogative sentence above are called yes-no question because the answer to the question is yes or no. and another yes- no question, can also add why,
what, who, whose, which, how etc, for the arrangement of an interrogative sentence. For examples:
a. How are you?
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b. What do you mean?
c. Where are you?
Such interrogative sentences in a to c never have a flat tone. Those may have rising tone or a falling tone, which are marked by one or more of these criteria:
1. The placing of the operator immediately in front of the subject;
For example: Will you come to party tonight? 2.
The initial positioning of an interrogative or Wh-element For example: Where will he come to?
3. Rising intonation
For example: Will he come to the party tonight? With the above distinction, English interrogative sentences using yes-no question
are constructed by putting auxiliary verbs at the initial positions or before the subjects. There are five types of interrogative sentences in English, they are:
1. Wh – question
2. Yes – no question
a. Positive Question
b. Negative – Question
c. Alternative Question
d. Question Tag
3.1.3 Imperatives Sentence
