Kinds of Sentences

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Kinds of Sentences

• Which is which?

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Declarative Sentence

• Makes a statement
• Ends with a period

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Examples of Declarative Sentences

• Mr. Jacobs is greatly missed at Madrid Middle
  School.
• Mrs. Aguayo teaches seventh grade at Madrid.

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Imperative Sentence

• Gives a command
• Makes a request
• Most imperative sentences end with a period
• A strong command ends with an exclamation point
  (!)
• You is always the understood subject

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Examples of Imperative Sentences

• Stop it!
• Please give me a piece of watermelon.
• Sit down students.

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Interrogative Sentences

• Asks a question
• Ends with a question mark (?)

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Examples of Interrogative Sentences

• Did you go surfing yesterday?
• When does our assembly begin?
• Who is responsible for this mess?
• Have you eaten dinner yet?

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Exclamatory Sentence

• Shows excitement
• Expresses strong feelings
• Ends with an exclamation point (!)

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Examples of Exclamatory Sentences

• How terrifying that movie was!
• Gabriella won the match!
• What a kind teacher Ms. Dluhy is!

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Declarative, imperative, interrogative or
exclamatory?

• Bring more hotdogs over here now!

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IMPERATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• What an ugly toad you have!

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EXCLAMATORY
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• The toad ate the cricket for breakfast.

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DECLARATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• Ask Mrs. Aguayo for some candy.

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IMPERATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• Is that Yeh Shen I see over there scrubbing the
  floor?

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INTERROGATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• The Los Angeles Kings are better than the Anaheim
  Ducks.

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DECLARATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory?

• Eat your peas!

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IMPERATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory

• The crowd gasped as the vampire ripped off the
  werewolfs head.

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DECLARATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative or
Exclamatory

• What a great poem The Highwayman is!

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EXCLAMATORY
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, or
Exclamatory?

• Why dont you try and dunk the basketball?

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INTERROGATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, or
Exclamatory?

• Is that a pink mouse standing over there?

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INTERROGATIVE
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Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, or
Exclamatory?

• What alert animals prairie dogs are!

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Exclamatory