Classifying Sentences by Purpose

Objective: You will be able to identify and create a declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory sentences. So... What are these sentence types?

A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. Examples: 1.Lani wondered why the sky looks blue. 2.Curiosity is the beginning of knowledge.

An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Most imperative sentences end with a period. A strong command ends with an exclamation point. Examples: 1.John, please close he door. 2.Do your homework each night. 3.Stop her!

The subject of an imperative sentence is always you. Often the you is not stated. In such cases, you is the understood subject. 1. [You] Do your homework each night. 2. [You] Stop her!

An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. Examples: 1.What do you know about glaciers? 2.Was the game exciting? 3.Will you have a great school year?

An exclamatory sentence shows excitement or strong feeling and ends with an exclamation point. Examples: 1.What a sight the sunset is! 2.How thoughtful Tom was to rake the leaves! 3.I’m so happy that Sarah won the Ipod!

Now that you know the 4 sentence types... Let’s punctuate a few sentences of our own and determine the type. 1.The echo always has the last word. 2.Are second thoughts always wisest? 3.Sit down! (.) 4.I want to wash the flag, not burn it!

1.The Hopi live primarily in northeastern Arizona 2.Have you been to Arizona 3.Wow, the Grand Canyon is awesome 4.You must go see it 5.Meteror Crater is interesting, too 6.How exciting it is to visit new places

Now, you try!