D. What kind of sentence are these. Write Assertive, Interrogative, Exclamators
or Imperative against each sentence:
1. Sit down please
2. Don't
go
there.
3. Dogs bark at strangers.
4. Alas! she is no more.
5. Why are you scolding the boy?
6. What a beautiful flower!
7. I have done my homework.
Answers
Answer:
1) IM
2) IM
3) Assertive
4) Exclamatory
5) Interrogative
6) Exclamatory
7) Assertive
D. What kind of sentence are these. Write Assertive, Interrogative, Exclamators
or Imperative against each sentence:
1. Sit down please.
→ Imperative sentence
2. Don't go there.
→ Imperative sentence
3. Dogs bark at strangers
→ Assertive sentence
4. Alas! she is no more.
→ Exclamatory sentence
5. Why are you scolding the boy?
→ Interrogative sentence
6. What a beautiful flower!
→ Exclamatory sentence
7. I have done my homework.
→ Assertive sentence.
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Additional information.
- Sentences are of four types :
✨ Assertive sentence (Also called declarative)
✨ Imperative sentences
✨ Interrogative sentence
✨ Exclamatory sentence
Assertive sentence
An Assertive sentence makes a statement or gives information. It ends with full stop.
For example :-
- There is a hospital nearby our house.
- He likes to play chess.
Imperative sentences
An imperative sentences gives a command, makes a request, or a wish. It mostly ends with exclamation mark or sometimes a full stop.
For example :-
- Ask the children to get ready for a test
The subject in an imperative sentences is always in the second person. It is implied and often not spoken.
For example :
- (you) don't go there!
Interrogative sentence
- An interrogative sentence asks a question. It always ends with a question mark (?).
Example :-
- Have you read the newspaper ?
Exclamatory sentence :-
An Exclamatory sentence expresses happiness, anger, disgust and shock. It ends with an exclamation mark.
For example :
- What a pretty flower !