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Notes 4. Interrogative
5. Exclamatory
Let us understand each of them one by one.
10.2.1 Positive
Positive sentences are also known as affirmative sentences. These sentences allow us to affi rm or
state something in a straight forward manner.
Examples: 1. I brush my teeth.
2. He drank the soup.
We use has in a positive sentence when the subject is singular (he, she, it, etc.) and have when the
subject is plural (they, boys, fl owers, etc.)
Examples: 1. He has stood first in his class.
2. The fl owers have faded.
When the auxiliary verb (do, have, etc.) is put after the pronoun in a positive sentence, that verb
is used for emotive or contrastive emphasis when the speaker or writer feels strongly about
something.
When spoken, this kind of usage gives the auxiliaries an extra stress in pronunciation to make
them sound louder, longer or higher in tone.
Examples:
1. Shweta thinks that her mother doesn’t love her, but she does love her.
2. You do look plump in that new outfit! Quite strange!
3. I don’t see my family doctor anymore, but I do remain indebted to him to have saved my
life.
4. I did go out the night before last.
When a negative word such as never, rarely, hardly, etc., begins a positive sentence, the subject
and verb are inverted. In other words, the question word order is used.
Examples:
1. Rarely do I see anything as beautiful as Picasso’s paintings now.
2. Hardly had I finished my work when the bell rang.
The word order for affirmative sentences in present tense is subject + verb form or subject + auxiliary
verb + verb form
Examples: 1. He sings every night.
2. He is singing melodiously.
3. He has sung a beautiful song.
4. He has been singing for past two hours.
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