The “Fab Four” The 4 Types of Sentences

Four Types of Sentences: Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

1. Declarative Tells something Makes a statement Gives information Ends with a “.” ORDINARY SENTENCE Easy way to remember- You are “declaring” something in a declarative sentence “I went to a movie last night.”

2. Interrogative Asks a question Ends with a “?” CURIOUS SENTENCE “What movie did you see?”

“Listen carefully to the directions.” 3. Imperative Gives an order Tells someone to do something Can end with a period OR an exclamation point “Listen carefully to the directions.” “Clean your room!” BOSSY SENTENCE If something is imperative it means that it is important and has to be done

4. Exclamatory Shows strong feeling or emotion Said with excitement! Ends with a “!” “I just won a trip to the Bahamas!” EXCITED SENTENCE Exclamatory sounds a lot like “exclaim”. When you exclaim something, you are usually shouting it out/really excited, really mad, really sad etc.

Show What You Know! On the next slide, label each sentence with its correct sentence type. (INT)=Interrogative (D)=Declarative (E)=Exclamatory (IMP)=Imperative

Label the following sentence with either (INT), (D), (E), or (IMP) I am going to the store to buy fruit. I love watermelon! Is it hot outside? Do your homework. Doing your homework is important. Wash the dishes. Fall is my favorite time of year! I do not like winter. Halt! The play begins at 7:00 p.m. on Friday night.

Question of the Day Why should we write using different types of sentences? It makes our writing more interesting for others to read!