Sentence and types of sentences:

What is a sentence?

Agroup of words that are formed together to give a meaning is called a sentence.

Types of sentences:

  1. Declarative sentence.
  2. Imperative sentence.
  3. Interrogative sentence.
  4. Exclamatory sentence.

1. Declarative sentence:

A declarative sentence expresses an opinion or makes a statement.
Example:

  1. “I want to be a good singer.”
    This is a statement.
  2. “My friend is a really good teacher.”
    This is an opinion.

Imperative sentence:

An imperative sentence is a sentence that gives command or makes a request.
These kind of sentences sometimes end with an exclamation point.
Example:

  1. “Please stand up.”
    This is a request.
  2. “I need you to sit down now!”
    This is a command.

Interrogative sentence:

An interrogative sentence often begins with questions like who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark.
Example:

  1. “When are you going to complete your homework?”
    This question starts with “When”.
  2. “What is the capital of Russia?”
    This question starts with “What”.

Exclamatory sentence:

An exclamatory sentence is a sentence expresses emotion like excitement, surprise, happiness and anger, and ends with an exclamation point.
Example:

  1. “It is dangerous to climb mountains!
  2. It was a fentastic trip!

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