This set of Professional Communication Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Types of Sentences”.
1. Which of these does not come under transformation of sentences?
a) Changing active voice into passive voice.
b) Changing passive voice into active voice.
c) Changing affirmative sentences into negative sentences.
d) Changing interrogative sentences into assertive sentences and their reverse.
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Explanation: Transformation of sentences have various forms. These include : Changing active voice into passive voice, changing affirmative sentences into negative sentences, changing interrogative sentences into assertive sentences and their reverse, etc..
2. Which of these is not a type of sentence?
a) Assertive
b) Interrogative
c) Complicated
d) Imperative
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Explanation: There are four kinds of sentences. They are : Assertive sentence, interrogative sentence, imperative sentence and exclamatory sentence.
3. An assertive sentence states a fact, describes a thing or reports an event.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is true. An assertive sentence states a fact, describes a thing or reports an event. For example, He wrote a letter.
4. Which of these is not a type of assertive sentence?
a) Affirmative
b) Informal
c) Negative
d) Emphatic
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Explanation: An assertive sentence can be classified into three types. They are : Affirmative sentence, negative sentence and emphatic sentence.
5. Assertive sentence can also be called as :
a) Emphatic sentence
b) Declarative sentence
c) Imperative sentence
d) Exclamatory sentence
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Explanation: An assertive sentence states a fact, describes a thing or reports an event. Assertive sentence can also be called as declarative sentence or a statement.
6. An imperative sentence inquires about something.
a) True
b) False
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Explanation: The statement is false. An imperative sentence expresses some command, request, advice, etc. For example: Sit down, please.
7. To which of these types does the following sentence belong?
Brutus loved Caesar.
a) Assertive sentence
b) Interrogative sentence
c) Imperative sentence
d) Exclamatory sentence
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Explanation: The above sentence is an example of an assertive sentence. To be precise, it is an affirmative sentence as it states a fact.
8. Which of these words is not used to transform non-emphatic sentence to emphatic sentence?
a) Do
b) Does
c) Did
d) Has
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Explanation: A non-emphatic sentence can be transformed into an emphatic sentence with words like do, does, did. For example, He wrote a letter. Emphatic : He did write a letter.
9. To which type does the sentence belong?
Alas! I have no hope of life.
a) Assertive sentence
b) Interrogative sentence
c) Imperative sentence
d) Exclamatory sentence
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Explanation: The above sentence is an example of exclamatory sentence. An exclamatory sentence expresses sudden emotion or feeling.
10. Which of these is an example of affirmative sentence?
a) Can you do this?
b) What a pretty girl!
c) Everyone accepts his version.
d) Please open the door.
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Explanation: An affirmative sentence is a type of assertive sentence which states a fact or describes a thing. ‘Can you do this?’ is an example of interrogative sentence. ‘Please open the door’ is an example of imperative sentence.
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