What Is a Sentence

Identify whether the sentence is a statement, a question, or an order.

If I could be anything, I’d be a painter.

• it's a statement (declarative)

• it's a question (interrogative)

• it's an order (imperative)

Identify whether the sentence is a statement, a question, or an order.

Audrey had trouble picking which dragon egg she wanted.

• it's a statement (declarative)

• it's a question (interrogative)

• it's an order (imperative)

Identify whether the sentence is a statement, a question, or an order.

Eat your chili before it gets cold!

• it's a statement (declarative)

• it's a question (interrogative)

• it's an order (imperative)

Identify whether the sentence is a statement, a question, or an order.

Please stay behind the white line.

• declarative

• interrogative

• imperative

Identify whether the sentence is a statement, a question, or an order.

Do you have any plum jam?

• declarative

• interrogative

• imperative

Is this a simple or a compound sentence?

The pirates demanded treasure, and they also demanded pie.

• compound

• simple

Choose the compound sentence.

Choose 1 answer:

• The aliens collected wheat, and they also collected corn.

• The aliens collected wheat and corn.

Is this a simple or a compound sentence?

The lake holds more than secrets; it’s good for fishing, too!

• simple

• compound

Choose the simple sentence.

• Tiny sharks, grey and hungry, chased our boat.

• Tiny grey sharks chased our boat; they looked really hungry.

Is this a simple or a compound sentence?

Ramzi put an extra dash of ginger in the cookie batter.

• compound

• simple