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Sentence Types

The document discusses the four types of sentences in English: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements, interrogative sentences ask questions, imperative sentences give commands or requests, and exclamatory sentences express strong feelings. Each sentence type has a distinct purpose and ends with specific punctuation - declarative with a period, interrogative with a question mark, imperative with no punctuation, and exclamatory with an exclamation point.

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Sentence Types

The document discusses the four types of sentences in English: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. Declarative sentences make statements, interrogative sentences ask questions, imperative sentences give commands or requests, and exclamatory sentences express strong feelings. Each sentence type has a distinct purpose and ends with specific punctuation - declarative with a period, interrogative with a question mark, imperative with no punctuation, and exclamatory with an exclamation point.

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Sentence Types

What are Sentence Types?


There are four types of sentences in English: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and
exclamatory. Each has a specific purpose that is detailed below.

Four Types of Sentences:


1. Declarative Sentence
The purpose of this sentence is to make a statement. It is the most common
sentence in writing, and it ends with a period.

Ex: Larry ate chocolate ice cream covered with almonds.


Ex: Susan was declared class president at the pep rally.

2. Interrogative Sentence
The purpose of this sentence is to ask a question. The sentence ends with a question
mark. There are two kinds of questions in English: the "yes/no" question and the "wh-
" question.

 The "yes/no" question places the helping verb in a declarative sentence before
the subject in the interrogative sentence.
s hv v
Ex: I can go to Jamaica this summer. (declarative)

Is transformed to:

hv s v
Can I go to Jamaica this summer? (interrogative)

 The "wh-"question begins with a question word: who, what, when, where, why,
and how. These words always appear first in the interrogative sentence.

Ex: Who is that student?


Ex: What are Mary and Robin doing?
Ex: When will you be home?
Ex: Where is Mark going?
Ex: Why are you sad?
Ex: How does that work?
3. Imperative Sentence
The purpose of this sentence is to issue a request or command. It has no written
subject; however, the subject is implied, and it is always "you."

Ex: Go to school.
(You) Go to school.

Ex: Don't drive too fast.


(You) Don't drive too fast.

4. Exclamatory Sentence
The purpose of this sentence is to express a strong feeling. Exclamatory sentences
always end with an exclamation point (!).
Ex: That is an unusual color!

Ex: John sounded brilliant!

Remember:
There are four types of sentences in English. Each has a specific purpose: to make a
statement, to ask a question, to issue a command, or to express a strong feeling.

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