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Types of Sentences• There are 6 types of sentences.• Declarative• Imperative• Exclamatory• Interrogative• Simple• Compound• Complex• Compound-Complex

Declarative

• A Declarative sentence is a sentence in the form of a statement.

• It Ends With a period.

• Ex: I go to Stephenson Middle School.

Imperative

• A(n) Imperative Sentence is a sentence that is in the form of a command.

• Ends with a period also.

• Ex: “Clean up your room please”, My mom said.

Exclamatory

• An Exclamatory sentence shows excitement.

• Ends with a Exclamation point.

• Ex: I can’t wait to go to Netherworld this weekend!

Interrogative

• A interrogative sentence is a sentence that is in the form of a question.

• Ends with a Question Mark.

• Ex: Where is Waldo?

Simple

• A Simple sentence, also called an independent clause, contains a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.

• Ex: Kobe has football practice today.

Compound

• A compound sentence contains two independent clauses joined by a coordinator. The coordinators are as follows: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.

• Ex: Shamar played Baseball, so Jasmine went to go cheer him on.

Complex

• A complex sentence has an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses. A complex sentence always has a subordinator such as because, since, after, although, or when or a relative pronoun such as that, who, or which.

• Ex: When Isis handed in her homework, she forgot to give Mrs. Dawson the last page.

Compound-Complex• A compound-complex

sentence is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

• Kennady decided that the movie was too violent, but Trayvon, who like to watch scary movies, thought that she was wrong.