Page 9 - Grammar Class 07

Read the following examples:

1. What is your surname?

2. Where are you going tonight?

G A sentence that expresses a command, a request, an
advice or desire is called an imperative sentence .
Read the following examples:

1. Bring me that book. (request)

2. Keep quiet. (command)

G A sentence that expresses some strong or sudden
feeling is called an exclamatory sentence .
Read the following examples:

1. How rude you are!
2. What a sweet girl!

Let us now study about question tags.

The questions asked at the end of sentences are called question tags .
Read the following examples:

1. He came day before yesterday, didn’t he?
2. He seldom watches matches, does he?

Let us now understand how question tags are formed.

G The question tag consists of only two words . The subject in the question tag and the
statement is similar. A pronoun of the same person can be used as the subject.

Read the following examples:
1. Neha is coming with us, isn’t she?

2. Andrew is from Canada, isn’t he?

G A positive statement has a negative question tag and a negative statement has a
positive question tag.
Read the following examples:

1. He will come, won’t he?

positive negative
statement question tag

2. They aren’t funny, are they?

negative positive
statement question tag

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