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Intonation of the Exclamatory sentences
An exclamatory sentence expresses some kind of emotion or feeling. It often begins 
with the words ‘what’ and ‘how’, it is always in the declarative form (no inversion takes 
place). It is generally spoken with a falling intonation.
 
 
What a lovely day it is!

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Intonation of the Imperative sentences 
An imperative sentence serves to induce a person to do something , so it
expresses a command, a request, an invitation. Commands are characterized by a falling 
tone.
Come to the blackboard!
 
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Requests and invitations are characterized by a rising intonation.
Open the door, please!
 
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Intonation of the Interrogative sentences 
An interrogative sentence asks a question. It is usually formed by means of inversion

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(by placing the predicate before the subject). There are four kinds of questions: 
GENERAL QUESTIONS
requiring the answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and spoken with a
rising intonation. They are formed by placing part of the predicate (the auxiliary or modal 
verb) before the subject of the sentence. According to whether they are asked for the first 
time or repeated, general questions are divided into groups: 
first-instance questions 
and 
second-instance question
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The
first 
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instance
questions
comprise the following main subtypes : basic
questions, confirmatory questions, questions put forward as a subject for discussion, 
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