{"id":7918,"date":"2013-09-06T23:55:09","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T23:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=7918"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T19:22:01","slug":"function-of-a-sentence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/function-of-a-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"Functions of a Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lyte-wrapper fourthree\" title=\"Function of a Sentence\" style=\"width:420px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_zrIXnDvnbcE\"><div id=\"lyte_zrIXnDvnbcE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzrIXnDvnbcE%2Fhqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Function of a Sentence<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zrIXnDvnbcE\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FzrIXnDvnbcE%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Function of a Sentence\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:420px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion\"><input id=\"transcript\" type=\"checkbox\" class=\"spoiler_button\" \/><label for=\"transcript\">Transcript<\/label>\n<div class=\"spoiler\" id=\"transcript-spoiler\">\n<p>The sentence is the basic unit of communication in English. An English that it has two parts: The <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/subjects\/\">subject<\/a> and the <a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/what-is-a-predicate\/\">predicate<\/a>. The subject identifies the topic of the sentence, and the predicate comments on that topic.<\/p>\n<p>The subject must be a noun or a phrase or clause acting as a noun, and the predicate must include a verb. We have an example here: Fred and his wife liked to cook. The subject here is &#8220;Fred and his wife&#8221;. We have &#8220;Fred&#8221; and &#8220;wife&#8221;, which are both nouns. That&#8217;s the topic of the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>The topic of the sentence here is &#8220;Fred and his wife&#8221;, because they are the ones that are going to be doing the action. Now, the predicate here is &#8220;like to cook&#8221;. The predicate must include a verb, and the verb here is &#8220;like&#8221;. The predicate comments on the topic of the sentence.<\/p>\n<p>Here, the topic is &#8220;Fred and his wife&#8221;, and the predicate is commenting, saying that Fred and his wife like to cook. Now, the purpose of a sentence refers to its function. Does the sentence state a fact or an opinion? Does it ask a question? Does it give a command, or does it show excitement?<\/p>\n<p>The first type of sentence is declarative. It makes a statement and ends with the period. &#8220;Animals have their own language.&#8221; That&#8217;s a declarative sentence. An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.<\/p>\n<p>Like, &#8220;Do animals have their own language?&#8221; An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends with a period or an exclamation point. Like here, we have &#8220;Carry that box.&#8221; You may be thinking that this sentence does not have a noun in it acting as the subject.<\/p>\n<p>Well, many times in imperative sentences, there is an understood &#8220;you&#8221; as the subject. W actually could write this sentence as &#8220;You carry that box,&#8221; but we can leave &#8220;you&#8221; out and just write &#8220;Carry that box,&#8221; and we know that the subject is actually &#8220;you&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there are exclamatory sentences, like &#8220;How beautiful she is!&#8221; An explanatory sentence shows sudden or strong feeling, and it ends with an exclamation point. 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