The document summarizes key concepts from an English assignment, including: 1) Phrases and clauses, describing the differences between phrases and clauses. 2) The four types of sentences - assertive, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. 3) Methods for framing questions and answers, including general, alternative, informative, and tag questions. 4) An example dialogue between two college students, Henry and Mukesh, where they introduce themselves and discuss the college.

1. ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT
Submitted by ,
M. Sudanthira Priyadarshini
I BBA(CA)

2. Now we are going to see……..
• Phrases and Clauses
• Types of sentences
• Framing question and answers
• Dialogue writing

3. 1. PHRASES AND CLAUSES

4. What is Phrases and Clauses?
• A Phrase is a group of words that makes sense, but not complete sense.
• It has no sense subject and predicate.
• Examples:
1.He left us in the morning.
2.They returned at sunset.

5. • In these sentence,
1) in the morning and
2) at sunset have meaning or make sense, but they do not make complete sense.
• It is not a sentence, for it has no subject and no predicate.
• So these groups of words are called as PHRASES

6. A Clause
• A Clause is a group of words that forms part of a larger sentence and has subject and a predicate of its own.
• Examples:
1. Renu likes a story which has a moral in it.
2. I expected that I would win the match.

7. • In these sentences,
1) which has a moral in it and
2) that I would win the match,
are not phrases, for these have a subject and a predicate of their own.
Such groups of words are called Clauses.

8. 2. TYPES OF SENTENCES

9. Types of sentences
• A group of words so arranged as to make complete sense is called a SENTENCE.
• There are 4 types of sentences,
1. Assertive (or) Declarative (or) Statement sentence
2. Interrogative sentences
3. Imperative sentence
4. Exclamatory sentences

10. Assertive (or) Declarative (or) Statement
• Those which simply affirm or deny something are called Assertive or Declarative sentences.
• These sentences simply make statements – affirmative or negative
• Examples:
1. Karim hit him hard. ( Affirmative )
Karim did not hit him hard. ( Negative)

11. Interrogative sentences
• Those which ask questions are called Interrogative sentences.
• Examples:
1. Why ae you late?
2. Who is Mr. Arya?
3. Do you like ice cream?
4. Is she a singer?

12. Imperative sentence
• Those which contain some command, request, advice, instruction, direction or prohibition are called Imperative
sentences.
• Examples:
1. Close the door.
2. Get out.
3. Be quiet, please.
4. Do not smoke here.

13. Exclamatory sentences
• Those which express some strong or sudden feelings are called Exclamatory sentences.
• Examples:
1. What a pity!
2. How clever the crow is!
3. Alas! He is no more!

14. 3.FRAMING A QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

15. How to frame a question and answers?
• An Interrogative sentence:
An interrogative sentence is used to ask a question, so an interrogative sentences also called as a Question
sentence.
• There are four methods for framing a question and answers.

16. 1. General questions
• General questions are also known as Yes or No questions.
• Examples:
1. Are you a student? Yes I am.
2. Does Arasu know English ? No, he doesn’t.

17. 2. Alternative Questions
• Alternative questions in which two answers are provided for your choice through the use of the conjunction ‘or’.
• Examples:
1. Is Juno a cook or a maid? She is cook.
2. Will you stay for a night or must you leave now? I shall stay for a night.

18. 3. Informative Questions
• The third type of questions is asking about information known as ‘ informative questions’ formed with a question
word, such as ‘where, when, who, what, why, how’ + auxiliary verb/ modal verb + subject + principal verb.
• Examples:
1. Where are you going?
2. When will you come?
3. What can you see?

19. 4. Tag questions
• The last type of commonly seen questions is tag question, formed by ‘ a statement + a question tag’ with a comma
in between.
• If the statement is affirmative the question tag is negative, and vice versa.
• Examples:
1. Helen is sad, isn’t she? Yes, she is.
2. She isn’t happy, is she? No, she isn’t.

20. 4. DIALOGUE WRITING

21. In this conversation two new college students have an introductory talk and become friends.
They are sitting in the library.
• HENRY : Hello! May I know your name please?
• MUKESH: I am Mukesh . And name your please.
• HENRY : My name is Henry. I am glad to talk with you. I recently took admission in B.A. English
• MUKESH: I am also a new student. I have taken a B.A do you like this college.
• HENRY : Definitely. It is a reputed college. I appreciate it for its strict discipline and good faculty.

22. • MUKESH: I agree. Library of this college is also impressive. It has a lot of useful books.
• HENRY : Yes, it is true. Where do you live?
• MUKESH: I live at Tilak Nagar, and you?
• HENRY : I live at Timarpur. What are your parents?
• MUKESH: My father is an IAS officer in finance ministry, and my mother is a teacher.
• HENRY : My father is a business man. He exports ready made garments. And my mother is a house wife. Though we have two
cars my parents insists that I should go to college by bus.
• MUKESH: I think travelling by bus is more comfortable. I myself come by bus.
• HENRY : Now it is time to attend the class. We shall meet again after the class.
• MUKESH: Oh sure!