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Categorizing English expressions: voice, aspect, tense, etc.

Thus far I have tracked down the following:
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  • tense: present (Ex. I like English.), past (Ex. I liked English.)
  • mood: indicative (Ex. I will go on a picnic if it is fine tomorrow ), subjunctive (Ex. I would go on a picnic if it were fine today.), imperative (Ex. Study English!)
  • aspect: simple (Ex. I study English.), progressive (Ex. I am studying English.), perfect (Ex. I have studied English), perfect-progressive (Ex. I have been studying English.)
  • voice: active (Ex. I use this pen.), passive (Ex. This pen is used by me.)
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I would like to know which categories the following fit into:
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  • affirmative/positive (Ex. This is a pen.), negative (Ex. This isn't a pen.)
  • declarative (Ex. This is a pen), interrogative (Ex. Is this a pen?), exclamatory (Ex. What a nice pen this is!)
  • simple (Ex. This is a pen), compound (Ex. This is my pen, but I don't like it.), complex (Ex. I know that he lives in America.)
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Thanks in advance.
  

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Exp affirmative/positive (Ex. ), negative (Ex. ) 'Polarity' Exp declarative (Ex.

— Mister Micawber

  • Exp affirmative/positive (Ex.
  • ), negative (Ex.
  • ) 'Polarity' Exp declarative (Ex.
  • This is a pen), interrogative (Ex.
  • ), exclamatory (Ex.
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Expaffirmative/positive (Ex. This is a pen.), negative (Ex. This isn't a pen.)
'Polarity'
Expdeclarative (Ex. This is a pen), interrogative (Ex. Is this a pen?), exclamatory (Ex. What a nice pen this is!)
+ directive ('Be quiet.') — 'Communicative function' (?)
Expsimple (Ex. This is a pen), c
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