Four Types of Sentences

What are the four types of sentences?

• statement, content, question, excitement

• state capital, commode, questioning, explanation

• statue, command, asking, exclaming

• statement, command, question, exclamation

Which of these sentences is a statement?

• The musician put on a show last night.

• The crocodile tried to eat three people!

• Do your packing the day before your trip.

• What time did the farmer light the lantern?

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which of these sentences is a command?

• Put on your sweater.

• How I love to visit the ocean!

• How much did the pumpkin weigh?

• There was a friendly dragon in the story.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1I

Exclamatory sentences are...

• Asking sentences

• A sentence that shows a strong emotion

• Telling sentences

• A sentence that you write upside down

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CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which one of these sentences is a question?

• Is that your boat?

• What a pretty boat!

• His boat is red.

• His boat is afloat!

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CCSS.RL.3.1

CCSS.SL.3.1C

Which sentence is an exclamation?

• When you've finished, come here.

• That's a silly question, isn't it?

• What a mess!

• Sarah took the dog for a walk.

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CCSS.RL.3.1

Which sentence is an exclamation?

• Come here now.

• Let's go to the party!

• Where are you?

• She is nice.

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

This sentence shows excitement or strong emotion.

• interrogative
• declarative
• imperative
• exclamatory

Stay in your seat.

• declarative
• exclamatory
• imperative
• interrogative

This type of punctuation ends a declarative sentence.

• period
• exclamation point
• period or exclamation point
• question mark