The document discusses the four main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory. It provides examples of each type and then presents a series of sentences for the reader to identify as belonging to a specific type. The answers at the end classify each example sentence. Overall, the document serves to outline the four sentence types and provide a simple exercise to demonstrate how to identify each based on its structure and purpose.
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Kinds of Sentences
The document discusses the four main types of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory. It provides examples of each type and then presents a series of sentences for the reader to identify as belonging to a specific type. The answers at the end classify each example sentence. Overall, the document serves to outline the four sentence types and provide a simple exercise to demonstrate how to identify each based on its structure and purpose.
The declarative sentence merely makes a statement. The imperative sentence
expresses a command, order or request. The interrogative sentence asks a question and the exclamatory sentence expresses a sudden emotion.
Read the following sentences and state their kind.
1. Please leave your footwear outside.
2. Will you wait here?
3. Where have you been all this while?
4. We will not tolerate this.
5. I am your friend.
6. My sister lives in Mexico.
7. What did you do then?
8. Do be a bit more careful.
9. Never speak to me like that again.
10. Always remember what I told you.
11. The ball rolled slowly into the goal.
Answers
1. Please leave your footwear outside. (Imperative sentence)
2. Will you wait here? (Interrogative sentence)
3. Where have you been all this while? (Interrogative sentence)
4. We will not tolerate this. (Declarative sentence)
5. I am your friend. (Declarative sentence)
6. My sister lives in Mexico. (Declarative sentence)
7. What did you do then? (Interrogative sentence)
8. Do be a bit more careful. (Imperative sentence)
9. Never speak to me like that again. (Imperative sentence)
10. Always remember what I told you. (Imperative sentence)
11. The ball rolled slowly into the goal. (Declarative sentence)
1. My name is Samuel. I am a German.
2. My grandparents live in Berlin. We visit them often. 3. Let me help you carry these bags. 4. Should I help you carry these books? 5. Can you tell me where I can find a good restaurant? 6. James should stay back after school. He has football practice. 7. That pen is mine. It is not yours. 8. This is my bedroom. That is hers. 9. We can go to our place or we can go to yours. 10. My birthday is on 18th May and hers is on 21st June. 11. This is my jacket and that is his. 12. Whose bag is this?
1. He was older than I thought.
2. China is bigger than India. 3. Susie is the prettiest of the four girls. 4. I am not as successful as my brother. 5. That was the funniest thing to do. 6. It was the most expensive gift I have ever received. 7. For further information, please visit our website. 8. She owns a fine collection of antiques. 9. It was cheaper than I was expecting. 10. They are both good girls, but I think Mary is the better of the two. 11. This is the filthiest kitchen I have ever seen. 12. The older I get, the happier I am.