Kinds of Sentences in English

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On the basis of different senses and nature there are five kinds of sentences.

1. Assertive or Declarative Sentence.
2. Interrogative Sentence.
3. Imperative Sentence.
4. Exclamatory Sentence.
5. Optative Sentence.

Assertive or Declarative Sentence-

The sentence which declares or asserts a statement, feeling, opinion, incident, event, history, or anything is called an assertive sentence. Assertive Sentence is divided into two parts-

1. Affirmative Sentence=>A sentence that affirms [rather than negates] a proposition.

Examples:-

1. My father reads the newspaper.
2. You go to school.
3. They play hockey.

1. Negative Sentence:–A negative sentence states that something is not true or incorrect.

Examples:-

1. He does not read English.
2. They do not believe us.
3. He does not drink coffee.

Interrogative Sentence

Interrogative Sentence is a sentence that asks a question ,in the last of interrogative sentences there is a question mark.We can divide it into two parts.

Simple Interrogative Sentence:-its answer can be given only in Yes or No.

Examples:- 

2. Do you play hockey?
3. Do they go to school daily?
4. Do I not know him?

Main Interrogative Sentence:–Its answer can not be given into Yes or No.

Example:-

1. Why does he not go with you?
2. Where does Mr.Sharma live?
3. How do they play?

Imperative Sentence

An imperative sentence is a type of sentence that gives instructions or advice and expresses a command, an order, a direction, or a request.

Examples:-

1. Please give me water.[Request]
2. Bring your homework.[Order]
3. Take the medicine daily.[Advice]
4. Let us play cricket.[suggestion]

Exclamatory Sentence

In an exclamatory sentence sense of Surprise, Happiness,Sadness etc are expressed.In the exclamatory sentence there is a mark of exclamation.[!]

Examples:-

1. How beautiful the flower is!
2. Alas ! the old man has died.
3. Hurrah ! we have won the match.

Optative Sentence

The sentence which expresses a prayer, keen wish, curse, etc. is called an optative sentence. This kind of sentence generally starts with ‘may’ and ‘wish’. Sometimes, ‘may’ remains hidden

Examples:-

1. May you live long !
2. May they all go to hell !
3. May they reach safely.

Exercise.

Study the following sentences and tell the kind of each of the sentences-

1. Our cow does not give milk.
2. Everybody likes good boys.
3. Do you like mango?
4. Learn this lesson just now.
5. How long the tree was !
6. May the king live long !
7. She helps her mother.
8. They can not solve this question.
9. Who will win the final?
10. How can I write a letter?
11. Stand up.
12. How fast the boy is running !
13. May you get your goal as soon as possible !
14. What a fall?
15. The teacher is teaching them physics.
16. May you have all the happiness of the world !
17. Please help the needy people.
18. They should not leave their friend in such a condition.
19. How will she reach there alone?
20. Most of Indian people like to speak Hindi.
21. They are not about to leave this city forever.
22. Do you not go to your village on holidays?
23. The lion is called the king of the forest.
24. Why were they going to school so late?
25. My brother never tells a lie.
26. Is mohan not the son of your elder brother?
27. Who does not help the poor?
28. May you always be happy !
29. Shut the door.
30. What a naughty boy your younger brother is !
31. Let us not stop till we reach our goal.
32. Many happy returns of the day !
33. Alas ! they have failed in their mission.
34. Please explain the matter to me clearly.
35. How beautiful the swan was !
36. Have you ever seen a fall?
37. My friends are going for a picnic.
38. Where has my mother kept my mobile?
39. The trees give us oxygen as well as fruit etc.
40. We should not cut trees.

Rearrange the following Sentence in the correct order

1. Crow thirsty was there a.
2. My will father letter to brother write my not a.
3. Daily they hockey here play you do with?
4. Where gone your has elder today son?
5. Something eat please me give to.
6. What flower is nice a it !
7. Happy they be may always !
8. How so question you solve hard can?
9. In does house nobody this live now?
10. Wait let them for us.
11. Tomorrow hurrah! Holiday shall we a have.
12. Journey have may a you happy.
13. Not money earn do to they want.
14. Used by to people travel ship time in ancient.
15. Sun paly the don’t in.
16.  Been a fine what has picture it !
17. Examination you in may your succeed!
18. Us not they morning calling been since have.
19. Your my in officer factory is son an.
20. Guests yet not have many come how?
21. Mango like not they do?
22. Storm them has alas! The ruined.
23. Father long your may live!
24. Keep from yourself bad away habits.
25. Wind the can no one see.
26. Philosopher of time great Socrates a his was.
27. Timely they station will reach?
28. Book you daily which do read?
29. Life you may in prosper !
30. Year alas! I this wasted have time  my.
31. Coffee cafe go from and the bring nearest.
32. Why died come the the patient doctor before had not?
33. Won will not the they have match?
34. Never Kanpur father to he with went his.
35. Reached comes shall the I before train have station.

Content Writer– Mohammad Anas.….. Edited by– Shadab Akhtar.