UNIT 37 Types of Sentences: Statements, Questions, Imperatives and Exclamations TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 37

Types of Sentences: Statements,

Questions, Imperatives and Exclamations

 

EXERCISE A Put the words in the correct order to form statements, questions, imperatives or exclamations. Start with a capita/letter and end with a punctuation mark.   1 to her parents / the letter / didn't / Mary / give . ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2 later / I/ to the cinema /going /am . ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 more rice /would /like /you ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4 capital / the / is / what / of India ? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5 the piano / you / do / playing /like? ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6 idea / good / a / that's ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7 Roger's / that / cousin / is ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 8 day / beautiful / what / a ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 9 programme / what /terrible / a ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 I'm / listen / talking /when / carefully ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 11 carefully / road / the / cross ! ________________________________________________________________________________________ 12 litter / drop / never / in the street . ________________________________________________________________________________________     EXERCISE B Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets in the correct order. Begin a new sentence with a capital letter. The first one has been done for you.     The King Who Was Afraid to Die (1) A very long time ago, there was a handsome king called Trisanku. Everyday the king stood in front of his mirror and said, "(1) ____How handsome I am !____ (handsome /I /am /how) I don't ever want to leave this beautiful body!"   One day King Trisanku went to see Vasistha, a wise old man. The king said, "(2) _______________ (me /send /to /heaven /can /you) without dying first?"   Vasistha was very angry with the king. "(3) _______________!"(out/ and /come back /get/ never) he said.   The king went back to his palace feeling sad. He stood in front of his mirror and looked at himself. "(4) _______________!" (skin /beautiful /what /have /I) he said. "I can't die and leave it."   Unfortunately, his three sons heard these words. They were angry because they wanted to be the king one day. They cursed their father. As the king continued to look at himself in the mirror, his skin dried up, his face went white and his beautiful robes turned into rags. "(5) _______________?" (happening /what /is) cried the king. (6_______________ .(servants /his /heard /the /cry) They rushed into the room and were surprised to see a beggar. They quickly grabbed hold of him and threw him out of the palace. "Stop Immediately. I am your king," King Trisanku ordered. "Huh!" said a servant. "(7) _______________ (you /think /what /that's) You're just a common beggar." The poor king left the palace and he travelled a long, long way. (8) _______________. (under /slept/ he /trees) He begged people for food. (9) _______________ (drank /river /from /water /he /the) One afternoon, the king was resting under a tree when some people went past. "(10) _______________,"(that/beggar /at /look) said one traveller. "(11) _______________  ?"(our village/ he /is /from) asked another. A hermit Viswaamitra, who was travelling with the two men, recognized the king. "No," he said. "(12) ______________ !" (is /that /Trisanku /King)   EXERCISE C Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets in the correct order.     The King Who Was Afraid to Die (2) The hermit asked King Trisanku what had happened to him. So (1) _______________ (told /Viswaamitra /king /the /story /his). The hermit listened and promised to help him. He invited all the wise men in the country and told them he was going to send the king to heaven without dying. The hermit also invited King Trisanku's three sons. (2) _______________ (king's sons /come /to /the /refused). They were still angry with their father. On the day of the ceremony, Viswaamitra lit a fire and everybody prayed. He asked the gods to appear but they didn't. (3) _______________ (pray /hermit /to /the /continued). Suddenly King Trisanku started to rise up into the air. He rose higher and higher and (4) _______________ (of /reached /door /the /heaven /he). "(5) _______________?"(there /is /who) asked lndra, the chief of all the gods. The king told lndra who he was, but lndra did not believe him. "(6) _______________!"(Earth /return /immediately /to) lndra ordered the king. The hermit knew what was happening, and (7) _______________ (falling /stopped /the king /he). The king stopped in the middle of the sky, and (8) _______________ (around /he /looked). He saw many stars. "(9) _______________!" (beautiful /how /are /they) he exclaimed. He asked Viswaamitra if he could stay in the sky. (10) _______________ (agreed /hermit/the) and promised to give him some more company. (11) ______________.  (so /stars /many more /created /he) The sky became bright. The king's skin became beautiful again and gave out a great light. And he is still there, lighting the night sky for all of us. Look up tonight and (12) _______________ (see /might/you /him)!

 CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS UNIT

ANSWER KEY