Understanding Sentences Quiz

Directions: Benjamin, Michael, and Ethan are on a mission to classify sentences 1-6 as being: Interrogative, Declarative, Imperative or Exclamatory. Can you help them out?

1. 1. Bobbing in the water was a small sailboat

• Declarative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Interrogative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

2. 2. What terrible damage can litter cause?

• Interrogative sentence

• Declarative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

2. 3. Sea animals often mistake bits of plastic for food and choke on them.

• Imperative sentence
• Declarative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Interrogative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

CCSS.L.5.1A

4. 4. I strongly believe that things happen for a reason so I'm not worried.

• Declarative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Interrogative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

5. Take along a large garbage bag every time you go to the beach.

• Declarative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Interrogative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

6. 6. Stop it!

• Interrogative sentence

• Imperative sentence

• Exclamatory sentence

• Declarative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is the SUBJECT in this sentence?

2. Qui​etly, we climbed the back stair​s​. ​

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the PREDICATE in this sentence?

2. Wearily, the tired shop clerk waited on the last customer. ​

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What is the PREDICATE in this sentence?

2. Loudly, the driver person pounded on our door​

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.3.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Categorize the sentence below by dragging each sentence part underneath the appropriate heading.

Sentence: Happily, the campers hiked in the woods.

Groups:

(a) Verb

,

(b) Subject

,

(c) Predicate

,

(d) More about the subject

• hiked

• Happily,

• hiked in woods

• the campers

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G