Types of Sentences

Sentence TYPE & Sentence structure

by Miss Douglas- Benjamin

​Objectives

• Students will be able to:

• Recognize and create declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

• Correct punctuate declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences.

• ​Identify common sentence structure and their punctuation patterns.

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Open Ended

What is a sentence?

Poll

How many kinds of sentences are there? 

• 6

• 4

• 3

• not sure 

Open Ended

Name two kind of sentences

​The four Kind of Sentences

• Declarative sentence: simply makes a statement or expresses an opinion. In other words, it makes a declaration. This kind of sentence ends with a period.

• Imperative sentence: gives a command or makes a request. It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with  an exclamation point.

• Interrogative sentence: asks a question. This type of sentence often begins with who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark.

• Exclamatory sentence: is a sentence that expresses great emotion such as excitement, surprise, happiness and anger, and ends with an exclamation point.

​Examples

• ​Declarative sentence: -

“I want to be a good writer.”  (makes a statement)

“My friend is a really good writer.” (expresses an opinion)

• Imperative sentence: “Please sit down.”

• Interrogative sentence: When are you going to turn in your writing assignment?”

• Exclamatory sentence: “I got an A on my book report!”

Open Ended

Write an example of each kind of question. 

Multiple Choice

What are the two basic parts of a sentence ?

• Subject and Object

• Verb and Noun

• Subject and Predicate

Multiple Choice

Harry and Jane are going outside to play.

What is the subject of the sentence?

• Harry and Jane

• Harry and Jane are

• Going outside

• are going outside

​Sentence Structure

​Sentence structure refers to the physical nature of a sentence and how the elements of that sentence are presented.

​There are four types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex.

​Each sentence is defined by the use of independent and dependent clauses, conjunctions, and subordinators.

​Simple sentences: A simple sentence is an independent clause it has a subject and a verb, with no conjunction or dependent clause.

Compound sentences: A compound sentence is two independent clauses joined by a conjunction (e.g., and, but, or, for, nor, yet, so), or with a comma or with a semicolon.

Complex sentences: A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Compound-complex sentences: A compound-complex sentence contains multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. These sentences will contain both conjunctions and subordinators.

​Examples

​Simple sentences: She wrote a beautiful poem

​Compound sentences: I am a girl, and I live in San Fernando.

He organized his information by themes; then, he created a reference list. ​

​Complex sentences: Although she completed her essay, she still needs to work on her poem.

​Compound-complex sentences: Homer was already in class, and Eva was in the lab while Justin was sleeping off his headache.

Multiple Choice

He was feeling anxious, because he was on his way to a new job. 

Identify the sentence type. 

• Simple Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Sentence

Open Ended

Write a paragraph titled "A rainy day"

​Your best is good enough.