Basic English Grammar: Word, Phrase, Clause and Sentence
Basic English Grammar: Word, Phrase, Clause and Sentence
English Grammar āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠Word, Phrase, Clause āĻāĻŦāĻ Sentence āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ lesson-āĻ beginner learners āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ English sentence-āĻāϰ foundation āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻ Lesson-āĻ āϝāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āύ
āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ Grammar Lesson Roadmap
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Grammar āĻāϏāϞ⧠āĻā§?
Grammar āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ system, āϝāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠correct sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§āύ
English āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻļā§āϧ⧠rules āĻŽā§āĻāϏā§āĻĨ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ sentence āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻŽāύ: I eat rice. āĻāĻ sentence-āĻ I subject, eat verb, āĻāϰ rice object.
Interactive Example: I eat rice.
Word, Phrase, Clause āĻāĻŦāĻ Sentence
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1. What is a Word?
A word is a meaningful unit of language. āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§, Word āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻāϏā§āĻŦ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
English sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠word āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤ Word āĻāĻžā§āĻž phrase, clause āĻŦāĻž sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
2. What is a Phrase?
A phrase is a group of words that gives meaning but does not give a complete idea. Phrase-āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ complete subject-verb idea āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Phrase sentence-āĻāϰ part āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž complete sentence āύā§āĨ¤
3. What is a Clause?
A clause is a group of words that has a subject and a verb. Clause complete meaning āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻŦāĻž āύāĻžāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
Clause āĻĻā§āĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§: Main Clause āĻāĻŦāĻ Subordinate Clause.
4. What is a Sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that gives complete meaning. Sentence āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ words-āĻāϰ group āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
Sentence āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻ āύā§āĻ sentence-āĻ object, complement, place āĻŦāĻž time āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
| Topic | Meaning | Example | Complete Meaning? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word | A meaningful unit | book | No |
| Phrase | Group of words without complete idea | in the morning | No |
| Clause | Group of words with subject and verb | because he was sick | Sometimes |
| Sentence | Group of words with complete meaning | He stayed home. | Yes |
Main Clause āĻāĻŦāĻ Subordinate Clause
Clause āĻŦā§āĻāϞ⧠complex sentence āĻļā§āĻāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Main Clause
Main Clause āĻāĻāĻž complete meaning āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ Independent Clause-āĻ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻ sentence āĻāĻāĻž complete meaning āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Subordinate Clause
Subordinate Clause āĻāĻāĻž complete meaning āĻĻā§ā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝ clause-āĻāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻž complete sentence āύā§āĨ¤ Complete āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§: He stayed home because he was sick.
Basic English Sentence Patterns
English sentence āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ basic patterns āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĨ¤
Subject + Verb
Birds fly.
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϰāĻž āĻā§ā§āĨ¤
Subject + Verb + Object
I eat rice.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤
Subject + Verb + Complement
She is happy.
āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĨ¤
Subject + Verb + Place
He lives in Dhaka.
āϏ⧠āĻĸāĻžāĻāĻžā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Subject + Verb + Object + Time
I study English every day.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ English āĻĒā§āĻŋāĨ¤
Subject + Verb + Object + Place
She reads books at home.
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Bengali LearnersāĻĻā§āϰ Common Mistakes
Bangla word order āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ English-āĻ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻā§āϞ sentence āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻšā§āĨ¤
I rice eat. â
I eat rice. â
English word order: Subject + Verb + Object
He go to school. â
He goes to school. â
He/she/it āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ simple present tense-āĻ verb+s/es āĻšā§āĨ¤
I am agree. â
I agree. â
Agree āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ verb, āϤāĻžāĻ I agree correct.
She very beautiful. â
She is very beautiful. â
Adjective-āĻāϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠be verb āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ: is.
Now Practice What You Learned
Practice āύāĻž āĻāϰāϞ⧠grammar clear āĻšā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ exercises complete āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
A. Identify Subject, Verb and Object
B. Arrange the Words
C. Quick Quiz
Final Summary
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ main points āĻāĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāύāĨ¤
Word
Word āĻšāϞ⧠meaningful unit. Example: book, eat, beautiful.
Phrase
Phrase āĻšāϞ⧠group of words, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠complete sentence āύā§āĨ¤ Example: in the morning.
Clause
Clause-āĻ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ Example: because he was sick.
Sentence
Sentence complete meaning āĻĻā§ā§āĨ¤ Example: I study English.
Important Reminder
Tense, article, preposition āĻŦāĻž voice āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ Word, Phrase, Clause āĻāĻŦāĻ Sentence āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āϞā§āĻ English Grammar-āĻāϰ foundation.
EngLrn Grammar Lesson Sequence
āĻāĻ lessonāĻāĻŋ Grammar Series-āĻāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ lesson āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ tracked āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤
Basic English Grammar
Word, Phrase, Clause and Sentence â Created
Subject, Verb and Object
Next recommended lesson
Basic Sentence Structure
Sentence patterns and word order
Parts of Speech
Noun, pronoun, verb, adjective and more
Lesson Complete?
āĻāĻ lesson complete āĻšāϞ⧠Grammar Lesson #2: Subject, Verb and Object in English āĻĒā§ā§āύāĨ¤
āĻāĻ Lesson āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ
Beginner learnersāĻĻā§āϰ common questions-āĻāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ answerāĨ¤
Grammar āĻļā§āĻāĻž āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§ Word, Phrase, Clause, Sentence āĻā§āύ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻŦ?
āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠English grammar-āĻāϰ foundation. āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āύāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāϞ⧠tense, voice, narration āĻŦāĻž sentence structure āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Phrase āĻāĻŦāĻ Clause-āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻĨāĻā§āϝ āĻā§?
Phrase āĻšāϞ⧠words-āĻāϰ group, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāϤ⧠complete subject-verb idea āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ Clause-āĻ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
Sentence āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠āĻā§ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰ?
Sentence āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠words-āĻāϰ group complete meaning āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ subject āĻāĻŦāĻ verb āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻā§āύ lesson āĻĒā§āĻŦ?
āĻāĻ lesson-āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Subject, Verb and Object in English āĻĒā§āĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ Basic Sentence Structure āĻāĻŦāĻ Parts of Speech āĻĒā§āĻŦā§āύāĨ¤
Basic English Grammar in Bengali
āĻāĻ Basic English Grammar lesson Bengali learnersāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻā§, āϝāĻžāϰāĻž English grammar āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠word, phrase, clause, sentence, subject, verb āĻāĻŦāĻ object āϏāĻšāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ Bangla explanation āϏāĻš āĻļā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻšā§ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
English Grammar āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāĻžā§ āĻšāϞ⧠foundation clear āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤ Word, phrase, clause āĻāĻŦāĻ sentence āĻŦā§āĻāϞ⧠tense, parts of speech, article, preposition, voice āĻāĻŦāĻ narration āĻļā§āĻāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻ āϏāĻšāĻ āĻšā§ā§ āϝāĻžā§āĨ¤
