Declarative and Interrogative Sentences

Declarative and Interrogative Sentences

by Anicha Gibson

​Objectives

​1. Identify declarative and interrogative sentence.

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​2. Explain the difference between declarative and an interrogative sentences.

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​3. Discuss the correct punctuation marks to be placed at the end of a declarative and interrogative sentence.

Poll

What is a sentence?

• A group of words that is missing a subject or predicate

• A group of words that tell a complete thought.

• A group of words that makes no sense.

• A group of words with a punctuation mark at the end.

​Do You know any types of sentences?

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​Listen as we watch a short youtube clip.

​https://youtu.be/0t-OBDZxWNQ

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Multiple Choice

How many types of sentences were mentioned in the rap?

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 6

​Declarative Sentence

​A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period.

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​Examples:

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​A cell is the basic unit of all living things.

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​The Bahamas has a constitutional monarchy type government.

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​The nucleus controls all of the activities of the cell.

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Which sentence ends in a period?

• interrogative

• exclamatory

• declarative

Multiple Choice

Which one is not a declarative sentence?

• Give me my pencil now!

• The vacuole stores water, food and waste.

• The Governor General is His Excellency Corneilus A. Smith.

• There are seven life processes that living things do to show they are alive. 

REMEMBER!​

​Declarative sentences are statements. They end with a full stop or period.

​Interrogative Sentence

​An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.

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​Examples:

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​Where do you live?

​What is the function of the cell membrane?

​Which part of the cell stores food, water and waste?

​When is the next general election?

Open Ended

What punctuation mark is found at the end of an interrogative sentence?

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is not an interrogative sentence?

• There are seven life processes.

• Who will win this election?

• When did The Bahamas become an independent nation?

• Where does Queen Elizabeth II live?

It's Game time​

​Choose whether the sentence is Declarative or Interrogative.

Multiple Choice

FNM stands for Free National Movement.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

Did you know that the cell membrane controls what enters and leave the cell?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

The leader of the PLP is Brave Davis.

• Declarative

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

When will school open for face to face learning?

• Declarative

• Interrogative

Multiple Choice

Declarative sentences end with which punctuation mark?

• question mark (?)

• full stops (.)