+Exercises on the Composition of the Sentence and the Paragraph.+
(SEE PAGES 160-162.)
TO THE TEACHER.—See suggestions to the teacher, pages 30,150.
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LESSON 46.
SENTENCES CLASSIFIED WITH RESPECT TO MEANING.
+Introductory Hints+.—In the previous Lessons we have considered the sentence with respect to the words and phrases composing it. Let us now look at it as a whole.
The mountains lift up their heads. This sentence is used simply to affirm, or to declare a fact, and is called a +Declarative Sentence.+
Do the mountains lift up their heads? This sentence expresses a question, and is called an +Interrogative Sentence.+
Lift up your heads. This sentence expresses a command, and is called an +Imperative Sentence+. Such expressions as You must go, You shall go are equivalent to imperative sentences, though they have not the imperative form.