Sentence Types

Front

This sentence type declares, or tells, information.

Back

declarative

Front

Which sentence type asks a question?

Back

interrogative

Front

Which sentence type shows strong emotion or excitement?

Back

exclamatory

Front

Which sentence type gives a command or instruction? Options: declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative

Back

imperative

Front

Which of the following is a declarative sentence?

• Meet me at ten o'clock.
• Will you meet me at ten o'clock?
• Is ten o'clock a good time to meet?
• We are meeting at ten o'clock.

Back

We are meeting at ten o'clock.

Front

Where will you usually find a period?

Back

At the end of a declarative sentence.

Front

Which of the following is an imperative sentence? What is for dinner tonight?, I can't believe we're having chicken for dinner again!, Pass me the salt., This chicken tastes like wood.

Back

Pass me the salt.

Front

Which of the following is an exclamatory sentence?

• I can't believe the Mets lost that game!
• Yadier Molina hit a key home run.
• Did you see that catch Endy Chavez made?
• Adam Wainwright has a wicked curveball.

Back

I can't believe the Mets lost that game!

Front

Where might you find quotation marks in a newspaper story about a baseball game?

Back

When the reporter is recording the manager's exact words.

Front

What would happen if a sentence were missing a predicate?

Back

It would not be a complete thought.