Kinds of Sentences

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Kinds of Sentences

• Dotti Shelton
• Developmental English Instructor
• South Texas Community College

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IMPORTANCE

• To know how a sentence is to be read
• whether in or out of context
• !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• ?????????????????????????????????

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Four Kinds of Sentences

• Declarative-ends in a period
• Declares something, a statement
• Exclamatory-ends in an exclamation point
• -Exclaims something, with emotion
• Imperative-Ends in a period
• Commands someone to do something
• You is understood as the subject
• Interrogative-Ends in a question mark
• Asks a question, think interrogate

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ExamplesDeclarative/Exclamatory

• Declarative
• I saw a rattlesnake in the brush.
• Exclamatory
• I saw a rattlesnake in the brush!

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Examples-Imperative

• Please take out the trash. (Polite, You)
• Take out the trash.
• (You, Impolite)
• Juan, please take out the trash.
• (Polite)

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Examples-Interrogative

• How is the weather?
• Did you pay the rent?
• What time is it?
• When is the play?
• Where is the library?
• Who is the new director?

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Guided Practice

• Which sentences are in declarative form?
• Which sentences are in exclamatory form ?
• Which sentences are in imperative form?
• Which sentences are in interrogative form?

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Independent Practice

• Write a declarative sentence.
• Write an exclamatory sentence.
• Write an imperative sentence.
• Write an interrogative sentence.