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1. Declarative Statement: It ends with a full stop. 2. Interrogative Question: does it end with a question mark? 3. Imperative Command: End it with a full stop or an exclamation mark! 4. Exclamatory Exclamation: This kind of sentence demands attention! Four kinds of sentences
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1. Declarative sentence The subject usually precedes the verb phrase: 1.Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film. 2.Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. 3.Where there's a will, there are five hundred relatives. 4.I saw weird stuff in that place last night. Weird, strange, sick, twisted, eerie, godless, evil stuff... and I want in. Four kinds of sentences
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Interrogative sentence The sentence can begin with an auxiliary before the subject, or a form of “to be: 1.Does money grow on trees? 2.If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? 3.Haven’t we met before? Yep, and now move. 4.Did I brain my damage? No, of course not. 5.Are you going to the English Department party? – Interrogative sentence WH-question A:What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus? Claustrophobic." B:When did you see Santa for the last time? B:Where was he exactly? B:Who was he talking to? Little kids? B:Why haven’t you got some more presents? B: And Whose are these boxes here? Mine? I told you, Santa is alive and kicking!
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Imperative sentence 1.Sit down! 2.Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted. 3. Don't be such a fool. Wash the windows. 4. Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This! (a book title)
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Exclamatory sentence simply a more forceful version of a declarative sentence, marked at the end with an exclamation mark: 1.The butler did it! 2.“Hawaii - it's got everything! It’s got sand for the children! It’s got sun for the wife! It’s got sharks for the mother-in-law!”
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