Read the following sentences and say whether they are declarative, interrogative, exclamatory or imperative.

1. Open the door.

2. Take this book with you.

3. We do not allow smoking in the house.

4. The doctors could not save the injured man.

5. You needn’t have called him a liar.

6. Where do they live?

7. What a brilliant performance it was!

8. Some fools have let the cat out.

9. How beautiful those memories are!

10. I will never forget this.

11. Where have all the people gone?

12. Who is your favorite writer?

Answers

1. Open the door. (Imperative)

2. Take this book with you. (Imperative)

3. We do not allow smoking in the house. (Declarative)

4. The doctors could not save the injured man. (Declarative)

5. You needn’t have called him a liar. (Declarative)

6. Where do they live? (Interrogative)

7. What a brilliant performance it was! (Exclamatory)

8. Some fools have let the cat out. (Declarative)

9. How beautiful those memories are! (Exclamatory)

10. I will never forget this. (Declarative)

11. Where have all the people gone? (Interrogative)

12. Who is your favorite writer? (Interrogative)