FOUR TYPES OF SENTENCES

DECLARATIVE SENTENCE

IMPERATIVE SENTENCES

INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE

EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE

A declarative

sentence makes a statement.

It is punctuated by a period.Example:

The dog in the neighbor’s yard is barking.

An Imperative Sentence is a command or polite request.

It ends in a period or exclamation mark.

Examples: Close the door. (command) Please be quiet. (polite request)

An exclamatory sentence expresses great emotion or excitement.

It ends in an exclamation mark. (!)

Example: The house is on fire!

An interrogative sentence asks a

question.

It ends in a ?mark.

Example:

Is it raining?

PARTS OF A SENTENCE

A SENTENCE is a word or word group that contains a subject and a verb and that expresses a complete thought.

Ex. The students/ are studying.

A SENTENCE is comprised of a complete subject and a complete predicate.

*The simple subject is always found in the complete subject.

*The verb is always found in the complete predicate.

*The simple subject may be a noun or a pronoun.

*The verb may be LV or AV.

The complete subject is the noun/pronoun and all its modifiers.

SEx. Entrance Tests (in College) require preparation.

The complete predicate is the verb, its modifiers and complements, if any.

It often begins with the verb.

LV

Exams (in our school) are a real experience (for everyone).

When looking for the parts of a sentence, follow these steps:

Look for and place parentheses around

Prepositional phrases because neither the simple subject nor simple predicate can be in a prep phrase. Find the verb—AV or LV. To find the subject, ask

“who/what” and repeat the verb.

Example

S LV College Entrance Tests are a real experience (for everyone.)

S S S S LV Amanda, Eddie, Peter, and Michael are

PA AV DO

always extremely quiet but love English.

The complete subject of both verbs (are and love) is Amanda, Eddie, Peter, and

Michael.

When identifying the verb, you must

include the helping verb(s), or your answer will be considered wrong.

S HV HV AVEx.: All students have been studying AV and preparing (for exams).

Did Juan finish his chores?”

(Interrogative sentence)

(Subject: Did Juan/ Predicate: finish his chores?)

"Sam and Adam played football."

(Declarative sentence)

(Subject: Sam and Adam/ played football. Predicate: played football)

"Charlie, stop that now!"

Imperative Sentence

S PCharlie/ stop that now!

Brilliant, you solved the puzzle!

Subject: Brilliant, you/ Predicate:solved the puzzle!

Exclamatory Sentence

_______ 1. Ugh, I can’t figure this math problem!

_______ 2. Mari carry your bag properly!

_______ 3. Where do you work?

_______ 4. Our team won the championship!

_______ 5. Mario plays the piano.

_______ 6. Are you going to buy this bag?

_______ 7. I simply adore you!

_______ 8. I like to play computer games.

_______ 9. I won the lottery!

_______10. Do you like to play Tennis?

_______11. Chris, clean your room.

Exercise 1- Underline the complete subject and box the complete predicate. In the blank spaces provided before each number, write D for Declarative, IM for Imperative, IN for Interrogative and EX for Exclamatory.