ENGLISH TEST – 4 [ANSWERS]

 

B. Read this passage and identify the sentences as declarative (D), imperative (Im), interrogative (In) or exclamatory (E).

It was a cloudy afternoon. (D)

The weather was pleasant for Rimi and her friends to go surfing on their canoes. (D)

Since it was a little windy, Rimi's mother asked them, 'Why do you want to take a chance? (In)

Oh, it's not wise to go surfing when your father is not at home’. (Im)

‘Please mother, please allow us to go,’ Rimi pleaded. (Im)

Rimi and her friends were very excited and they finally went out surfing. (D)

There were many other boys and girls at the sea, rising and falling with the waves. (D)

Everyone was in a celebratory mood. (D)

A boy exclaimed, ‘Wow, what a lovely day it is!’ (E)

After surfing, the children made sandcastles and threw sand balls at one another. (D)

Old men and women watched the playful young children and remember their childhood and youth. (D)

"How enthusiastically the children are playing!" said an old woman to her husband. (D)

"Come, let's join them,” replied her husband. (D)