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D. Change these sentences to the form that is mentioned in the brackets.

1. Show me your book, please. (question)

Will you show me your book, please?

2. Bharati is his cousin. (question)

3. Is the baby crying? (statement)

4. Their mother is tall. (question)

5. They are eating fruits. (question)

6. How pretty the bride looks! (statement)

7. What a difficult exercise that was! (statement)

8. Please come for a meeting at 2 o’clock. (question)

9. Dinesh is happy with his results. (exclamation)

10. The children were frightened. (exclamation)

There are two kinds of declarative sentences—positive and negative sentences.
For example,

y Swati is eating an apple. (positive)

Swati is not eating an apple. (negative)

y Mahima likes to read novels. (positive)

Mahima does not like to read novels. (negative)

y The dog chases the postman. (positive)

The dog does not chase the postman. (negative)

y The team played well. (positive)

The team did not play well. (negative)

y It will rain tomorrow. (positive)

It will not rain tomorrow. (negative)

y I can ride a bike. (positive)

I cannot ride a bike. (negative)

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