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Sentences are of four kinds—declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory.

1. Declarative sentences: These sentences declare a fact, a plan or an argument.
A declarative sentence ends with a full stop. For example,

y Ravi is playing in the garden.
y Lathika won the match.
Note
2. Interrogative sentences: These sentences

ask a question. An interrogative sentence ends Full stops, question marks and
with a question mark. For example, exclamation marks are called end-
punctuation marks because they
y Will you come tomorrow? come at the end of a sentence.

y How are you?

3. Imperative sentences: These sentences express a command, make a request or give
advice. An imperative sentence ends with a full stop. For example,

y Shut the door. (command)
y Please pass the salt. (request)

y Do not waste food. (advice)

4. Exclamatory sentences: These sentences Note
express strong emotions or feelings. Sometimes short commands also
An exclamatory sentence ends with end with an exclamation mark. For

an exclamation mark. For example, example,
y What a fantastic film! • Halt!

y How kind you are! • Stop it!

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Suppose you have to go to a departmental store. Now, write examples of all the
four kinds of sentences that you will use there.

declarative interrogative

imperative exclamatory

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