Ex. 1. Define the type of the sentence according to the purpose of the utterance.
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Ex. 1. Define the type of the sentence according to the purpose of the utterance.
1. Ireland is often called the 'Emerald Isle' because of its lush green countryside. 2. What's the best way to learn a foreign language? 3. Respect other people's customs when you travel. 4. Example is the only way of educating (Albert Einstein). 5. Get out of the car right now! 6. Would you give him my message, please? 7. You are forgetting yourself! 8. English is a member of the Indo-European family of languages. 9. Do you believe in UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects)? 10. Be careful driving while it is snowing! 11. Curiosity is the beginning of knowledge. 12. What a beautiful sunset it is! 13. What do you know about marketing? 14. Watch out! 15. Finish your work, please. 16. In this part of the country birds fly south in winter.
Ex. 2. Construct a declarative, an interrogative, an imperative or an exclamatory sentence.
1. An interesting book (excl.). 2. My friend's address (inter.). 3. Peter's library (decl.). 4. A map of the United States (imper.). 5. A small island (excl.). 6. Mountains of Great Britain (decl.). 7. Shakespeare's birthplace (inter.). 8. An exciting thriller (excl.). 9. A different example (imper.). 10. The capital of the Republic of Ireland (inter.). 11. An inexpensive way to travel (decl.). 12. A strange remark (excl.). 13. The largest freshwater lake in the world (inter.). 14. A good time (imper.). 15. New ways of communication (decl.).
Ex. 3. Put the sentences below into the negative and interrogative.
1. A small child sees the world differently from an adult. 2. The world changes very fast. 3. She gets a lot of faxes every day. 4. Our grammar lesson lasts two hours. 5. Jack works at a new computer company. 6. California has a lot of rain in winter. 7. A tree grows in height as well as in diameter. 8. A disjunctive question takes a comma before its tag (tail). 9. Nancy likes to work in the library. 10. He translates a lot of articles into English every day. 11. Each day brings new events and meetings. 12. He understands French better than he speaks it. 13. He has a doctorate degree in linguistics. 14. Brad likes to cook for his friends when he has time. 15. Our teacher gives us a lot of homework.