1. Sentences

2. Have you seen a tornado before. How dark the sky looks
Have you seen a tornado before? How dark the sky looks! Go to the basement. The basement is the safest place in the house. Yes, we will wait downstairs in the playroom. The weather reporter says the tornado is near. Where do animals hide during a tornado? Pets must stay indoors!
Turn and talk to your neighbor about what you notice about this paragraph.
What do you notice about all the blue sentences?
What do you notice about the orange sentence?
What do you notice about all the red sentences?
What do you notice about all the green sentences?

3. There are four kinds of sentences:
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamatory
Declarative
Purpose: make a statement
Example: I am tired of winter.
End punctuation: (.)
Imperative
Purpose: tells or asks someone to do something.
Example: Wear your scarf.
End punctuation: (.)
Interrogative
Purpose: asks a question.
Example: Is it snowing?
End punctuation: (?)
Exclamatory
Purpose: expresses strong feeling
Example: That poor cat looks frozen!
End punctuation: (!)

5. Identify the type sentence and tell what the ending punctuation should be.
Imperative
1. Look at that _______________
2. What are all those hole on top _______________
3. Wow, look how many there are _______________
4. Could they be air holes _______________
5. Is something alive inside ________________
6. I hear a scratching noise ________________
7. Open the carton ________________ . ?
Interrogative !
Exclamatory
Interrogative ? ?
Interrogative .
Declarative .
Imperative

7. It is nice weather_____ _________________________
I can identify the four kinds of sentences and know how they should end.
Read each sentence, identify the type of sentence and add the correct end punctuation.
It is nice weather_____ _________________________
Did you eat today _____ _________________________
What is for lunch_____ _________________________
Eat your vegetables _____ _________________________
Wow, that is a big cake _____ _________________________
I like chocolate _____ _________________________ .
Declarative ?
Interrogative ?
Interrogative .
Imperative !
Exclamatory
Declarative .