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iii) The dog looks ill, I think it_________(will/is going to)be sick.
5. Fill in the blanks with(either will be -ing or will have -en).
i) They_________(live)here for four years in May.
ii) She_________(work)here for a year in October.
Answer sheet for the question set for practice:
1. i) plays/is playing ii) is flying
2. i).came ii) have taken
3. i) has stopped/wound ii)has already called/brought 4. i)shall ii) will
5. i) will have lived ii) will have been working
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2. Interrogative:-Are you reading English?
3. Imperative:-Open the door.
4. Exclamatory:-How quickly he runs!
A. Declarative sentences-
A declarative sentence declares or marks a statement and usually begins with the subject.
Example:-Sunanda has done her homework Tigers live in forests.
Activity:-1
Pick out the finite verbs in the following sentences.
i. The students went home.
ii. Rama Babu teaches us English.
iii. He has been studying to pass the examination.
Answer:-
i) went ii) teaches iii) has B. Interrogative sentence:
Sentences which are used to ask questions are called interrogative sentences.
Example:- 1. Are you a student?
2. Who broke the window?
C. Imperative sentences:
We usually omit the subject “you” in imperative sentences. These sentences express an order, a request, advice, command, prayer or suggestions.
Example:-
1. Pass me the salt.
2. Rise early in the morning.
3. March ahead, soldiers.
4. Let’s go for a picnic.
D. Exclamatory Sentences:
Exclamatory sentences express surprises, administration, sorrow or other feelings.
Example:-
1. What a clever boy he is! 2. How first time flies!
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Activity-2
Some simple sentences are given below. Mention against each whether it is Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or Exclamatory.
i. Rajesh speaks very quickly.
ii. What a stupid boy he is!
iii. Are you a teacher?
iv. Do not play with fire.
v. How beautiful she sings!
vi. When do you go to school?
vii. Please give me a glass of water?
viii. Birds fly in the sky.
Answers:
i) Declarative ii) Exclamatory iii) Interrogative iv) Imperative v) Exclamatory vi) Interrogative vii) Imperative viii) Declarative Compound Sentences:
Sentences in which two or more independent clauses are joined by coordinate conjunction like and, but, yet, still, or, so, therefore, etc. are called compound sentences.
Example:-
i. He is very rich but still he is happy.
ii. He finished his homework and went to bed.
iii. You must work hard or you will not pass.
Activity-3
Combine each pair of the following sentences in to a compound sentences using conjunctions such as:-and, but, or, so, yet, for, otherwise.
i. He finished his exercise. He put away his books.
ii. Make haste, you will be late.
iii. He tried hard. He did not succeed.
Answer:
i) He finished his exercise, and he put away his books.
ii) Make haste or you will be late
iii) He tried hard but he could not succeed.
Neither…..nor, either…..or, not only……but also, both…..and are, called correlatives conjunctions or correlatives for they go in pairs and are related to each other. These correlatives usually join alternatives.
Join the pairs of sentences given below.
1. He does not drink tea.
He does not drink coffee.
2. She draws pictures neatly.
She also paints them beautifully.
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3. The artists will sing for us.
They will dance for us too.
Answers:
1. He drinks neither tea nor coffee.
2. She not only draws pictures neatly but also paints them beautifully.
3. The artists will both sing and dance.
Activity-4
i) Mr Dash does not own a car He does not want to have one.
ii) The soldiers captured the city.
They also destroyed it.
iii) You may visit the zoo on Sunday.
You may go out for a walk on Sunday Answers:
i) Mr. Dash neither owns a car nor wants to have one
ii) The soldiers not only captured the city but also destroyed it.
iii) You may either visit the zoo or go out for a walk on Sunday.
Complex Sentences:
The sentence which consists of one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses is called a complex sentence.
Example:-
i. A man who is wise is respected by all.
ii. Time which is lost, lost forever.
iii. Although he is poor he is happy.
Activity-5
Break up each of the following sentences into separate clauses mark the main clause as MC and subordinate clause as SC.
i. I cannot express what I feel for you.
ii. He said that he had done the work.
iii. Raman admitted he had done the mistake.
Answers:
i) I cannot express. -MC What I feel for you. -SC ii) He said. -MC
That he had done the work. -SC iii) Raman admitted. -MC
That he had made a mistake. -SC
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Questions for practice:
1. Combine each pair of the following sentences into a compound sentence using the conjunctions such as but, and, or, so, yet etc.
i. I told him twice. He did not correct himself.
ii. She finished her homework. She went to bed.
iii. Be quick, you will be late.
2. Break up each of the following sentences into separate clauses. Mark the main clause as mc and the subordinate clause as sc.
i. He said that he had done the work.
ii. I have read the book which my father gave me.
iii. The thief who stole my purse escaped in the dark.
iv. This is the book which/that he read yesterday.
3. Do as directed:
i. He is a very stupid boy.(Change into a sentence in the exclamatory form.)
ii. How vast the oceans are!(Change the sentence into declarative form.)
iii. I like ice cream.(Turn into an interrogative sentence.) Answer:
1.
I. I warned him twice but he did not correct himself.
II. She finished her homework and went to bed.
III. Be quick or you will be late.
2.
I. He said-MC / he had done the work-SC
II. I have read the book-MC/ which my brother gave me-SC III. The thief-MC / who stole my purse escaped in the dark-SC IV. This is the book-MC / which/that he read yesterday-SC 3.
I. What a stupid boy he is!
II. The oceans are (very) vast.
III. Do you like ice-cream?
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