Statement, question or command are types of sentences. Sentences can be used to express statements (affirmative and negative expressions), commands and questions. For example:
You should recognise a question if it's written as it will have a question mark at the end. Can you recognise a spoken question? Written commands sometimes have an exclamation mark at the end - but not always as in our examples above.
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'Don't' is often used in negative commands
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It states which is the longest river in the USA
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It tells you that this building is not the tallest building in the USA. The tallest building is the Willis Tower (also known as the Sears Tower): 1,451 metres high
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The '?' shows that it's a question. I hope you got this one right! Magnesium (Mg) tarnishes in air, but finely divided magnesium readily burns in air when heated
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You are told to do something: this is a command. Note, commands can be made polite by the use of 'please'. Never work live - always turn the electricity off first
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The '?' shows that it's a question. I hope you got this one right! ANS: Kenneth Grahame - it's an excellent book. Read it!
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This sentence states gold (Au) doesn't do something. Gold dissolves in mercury (Hg)
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You are commanded to tell someone something
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Mike is told not to do something. 'Don't' is often used in negative commands
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It tells you how long the war was waged for. It went on for more than one hundred years, but it was not a continuous war
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