Sentence Types

A sentence that asks a question and ends with a question mark.

• declarative

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

A sentence that gives a command or makes a request and ends with a period or exclamation point.

• declarative

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

A sentence that shows strong or sudden feeling and ends with an exclamation point.

• declarative

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

The subject of this type of sentence is always (you) - understood but not expressed.

• declarative

• imperative

• interrogative

• exclamatory

A sentence that contains only 1 subject and verb, either can be compound

• compound subject

• compound verb

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

2 or more simple sentences connected by a comma and conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet)

• compound subject

• compound verb

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

Pick the compound sentence formula:

• S + V

• V + S + V

• S + V + V

• S + V (, conj.) S + V

This sentence is a

• simple sentence.

• compound sentence.

It is sunny outside, but the temperature is below freezing. This is a

• simple sentence.

• compound sentence.

It was a rainy day.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

• Compound Complex Sentence