1. How Does it End? Diving in to Punctuation

2. Types of Sentences Declarative Interrogative Imperative Exclamatory

3. Declarative Makes a statement Ends with a period Ex. I like to scuba dive. Sharks are beautiful and miraculous creatures.

4. Interrogative Asks a question Ends with a question mark Ex. Have you ever been free diving? Would you like to be my dive buddy?

5. Imperative Makes a command Often (but not always) starts with an understood “you.” Ends with a period or an exclamation point Ex. Get me that oxygen tank. Sally, don’t run in flippers !

6. Exclamatory A statement made with lots of enthusiasm or emotion Ends with an exclamation point Ex. The ocean is amazing! I love scuba diving!

7. Punctuation Reminder When using quotation marks, remember that your ending punctuation ALWAYS goes before the ending quotation mark. Ex. “Sally,” said Mark, “get me an oxygen tank.” The comma after “Sally” and the period after “tank” are found BEFORE the closing quotation mark.