Sentence Types Showdown

Organize the sentences into the correct category:

Groups:

(a) Imperative sentences

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(b) Declarative Sentences

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(c) Exclamatory Sentences

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(d) Interrogative Sentences

• The best goodbyes are short.

• What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?

• Isn't it odd that the sun is closest to earth in January and furthest in July?

• My gosh, what a piece of work!

• Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.

• Go ahead, make my day.

• Life is but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.

• If winning isn't everything, why keep score?

• "Think small"

• Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks

• Go confidently in the direction of your dreams!

• O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

• Thanks for getting me into yet another mess!

• I'm the one who should be sorry. I was so ready to have a good time that I put you in danger.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

In the week before their departure to Disney World, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, my old crone of a teacher called my mom to tell her I had detention.

• Loose

• Periodic

In the brightness of the wintry sun, taken aback by the beauty of the light streaming into his window, he laughed at how simple life could be.

• Loose

• Periodic

I am willing to pay slightly higher taxes for the privilege of living in Canada, considering the free health care, cheap tuition fees, the low crime rate, the comprehensive social programs, and the wonderful winters.

• Loose

• Periodic

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Somehow the resort, only eight blocks from the bustling downtown and a mere miles from an international airport, was blissfully serene.

• Loose

• Periodic

I knew I had found a friend in the woman, who herself was a lonely soul, never having known the love of man or child.

• Loose

• Periodic