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.

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?

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 (.)