Sentence Structure

What are the 4 types of sentences?

• friendly, formal, business, informal

• short, long, medium, none

• exclamatory, imperative, declarative, interrogative

• independent, dependent, fragment, clause

What is a declarative sentence?

• asks a question

• tells a statement

• makes a command

• expresses strong feeling

What is an interrogative sentence?

• asks a question

• tells a statement

• gives a command

• expresses strong feeling

What is an imperative sentence?

• asks a question

• tells a statement

• gives a command

• expresses strong feeling

What is an exclamatory sentence?

• asks a question

• tells a statement

• gives a command

• expresses a strong feeling

What type of sentence is this?

I caught a white butterfly.

• declarative

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

What type of sentence is this?

Brush your teeth before you go to bed.

• interrogative

• declarative

• imperative

• exclamatory

What type of sentence is this?

What do worms eat?

• exclamatory

• imperative

• declarative

• interrogative

What type of sentence is this?

I got an A on my Math test!

• declarative

• exclamatory

• interrogative

• imperative

The ___________ of a sentence tells the who or what a sentence is about.

• Subject

• Predicate