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Types of sentences

Classifying sentences by purpose

Declarative sentences

Exclamatory sentences

Imperative sentences

Interrogative sentences

Interrogative sentences by tone

Interrogative sentences by changing word order

Classifying sentences by structure

Simple sentences

Compound sentences

Complex sentences

Compound-complex sentences

Interrogative sentences by tone

Although it’s hard to do on paper, when you’re talking you turn a declarative sentence into an interrogative one by changing your tone, usually by raising your tone at the end of the sentence. For instance, take a simple statement like this:

She was lying.

By raising your voice at the end of the sentence you can make it into a question without changing any of the words. On paper, it’s hard to show this:

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