С точки зрения роли в процессе комму­никации предложения делятся на:

• утверди­тельные:

Television is a reflection of the modern world.

The first modern typewriter was developed by Christopher Sholes and two of his friends.

• отрицательные:

I can’t swim.

Nobody was present at our meeting.

 

• вопросительные:

Is this a pen?

There are a lot of new books, aren’t there?

 

• побудительные:

Give me a piece of chalk, please.

Would you be so kind to give me your book?