1. This is a banyan tree. 2. Is this a banyan tree? 3. What a beautiful banyan tree 4. Look at this banyan tree.

Question

Work in pairs and say the sentences to each other. Do you hear any difference in the way it is spoken? Discuss and share with the class. Discuss the difference in the meaning of the sentences.

1. This is a banyan tree.

2. Is this a banyan tree?

3. What a beautiful banyan tree

4. Look at this banyan tree.

Answer 1

1. Statement / Declarative Sentence.

2. Question / Interrogative Sentence.

3. Exclamation / Exclamatory Sentence.

4. Command / Imperative Sentence.