--- title: Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, excla… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Language description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / Kinds of sentences: statements, questi… # Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations The 15 questions of lesson 7 «Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations» of the language course of Mova's primary school with their options, 92 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t1/) — Your mate goes "'Run!' ain't a sentence, it's one word, mate." What's the best reply? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t2/) — Your teacher asks "Would you like to tidy up now?" You say "Nah" and keep playing. What went wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t3/) — A Gen Z cousin texts "omw" ("on my way") and her mum replies "is that a question?" Is it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t4/) — Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" What should you do? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t5/) — What would happen if English had no question marks or rising voices? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t6/) — A boomer neighbour reads "Shoes must be worn" at the pool shop and says "but I've got no shoes in my bag, bummer." ("Bummer" means what a pain.) What's the sensible reading? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t7/) — In a game, an NPC (a computer character) says "What a brave hero you are!" A player says "it asked me a question." Is that right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t8/) — Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? We'll grab jandals." You reply "Yeah nah." ("Jandals" are flip-flops.) What did you say? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t9/) — Lily writes "Can I have a biscuit." What is missing? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t10/) — In a cartoon, a pirate growls "Walk the plank, ye scallywag." ("Ye" is old "you", a scallywag is a rascal.) What kind of sentence is it? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t11/) — Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." Which sentence proves him wrong? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence? — right ✓ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e2/) — Identify the principal reason for which the utterance "Would you mind closing the window?" does not ordinarily require the answer "yes" or "no". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e4/) — Given the notice "Dogs must be carried on the escalator", ascertain the interpretation most consistent with common sense. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [6. Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/) - next →: [8. Tenses: past, present and future](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/)