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Communication Skills-I

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Task Write fi ve interrogative sentences and fi ve exclamatory sentences.

10.3 Summary

z Sentences are meaningful groups of words.
z A sentence is made up of subject and predicate.

z It also comprises of phrases, clauses and objects.
z A sentence may be of 5 types namely, positive, negative, statement, interrogative and
exclamatory.

z Positive sentences are used for affi rmation.
z Negative sentences are used for denials etc.
z Statements are used for stating a fact, an argument or an idea.
z Interrogative sentences are used for asking questions.
z Exclamatory sentences serve the purpose of expressing intense feelings.

10.4 Keywords

Auxiliary Verb: Helping verb
Predicate: That part of the sentence that shows an action.

Tag Interrogatives: Those question sentences that have question phrases tagged onto the end of
a declarative sentence.

10.5 Self Assessment

Choose the right alternative:

1. Which of the following sentences is right?
(a) I will back by tomorrow.
(b) I would be back by tomorrow.
(c) I will be back by tomorrow

(d) I am back by tomorrow.

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