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When we want to express our thoughts, we use groups
of words. These groups of words are arranged in such a Every sentence begins
manner that they convey complete meaning. with a capital letter and
has a punctuation mark at
Read the following examples: the end. A sentence must

1. What do you need? have a verb.

2. Rani is going to school.

Types of Sentences

There are five types of sentences.

Assertive or Declarative Sentences Interrogative Sentences

Imperative Sentences Exclamatory Sentences Optative Sentences

G Assertive or Declarative sentences make a declaration or statement. They
always end with a full stop ( ). They are of two types: .

a) Affirmative Sentences b) Negative Sentences

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Affirmative sentences do not contain negative words like no not none ,
neither never, etc. They are positive in nature. Negative sentences contain
negative words like no , not , none , neither , never etc.

Read the following examples:

1. The birds were chirping on the tree. (Affirmative )
2. He does not go to school at 8 O’clock. (Negative )

G Interrogative sentences always ask a question. They end with a question mark ( ).?

Formation of Interrogative Sentences

There are two ways of making interrogative sentences.

G Starting the sentence with an auxiliary verb.

G Starting the sentence with a question word, like
who how where what why which, , , , , etc.

Read the following examples:

G When will the school reopen?
G Is it air-conditioned?

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