Name: _________________________________
Four Types of Sentences

Directions: Identify each type of sentence and explain your answer.

Types of Sentences: declarative, imperative, exclamatory, and interrogative.

1.  The students wanted to go on a field trip.

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

2.  Can we go to the Adventureville Theme Park?

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

3.  Be on your best behavior for the next two weeks.

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

4.  After a couple long weeks of keeping their hands to themselves, quietly focusing on instruction, and cleaning up their messes, the students were rewarded with a fieldtrip.  

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

5.  We are so excited about going to Adventureville!

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

6.  How far away is the park from the school and what time do we have to come home?

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

7.  But, the park is three hours away from the school and we’ll have to be back by 3:00 for the buses!

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

8.  Quit asking questions and just be happy.

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

9.  But, if it takes us six hours to get there and back, and we have to be back by 3:00, we’ll only be able to stay for thirty minutes.

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

10.  The students wondered why they were going to Adventureville.

Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

11-20.  Write four declarative sentences, three interrogative sentences, two imperative sentences, and an exclamatory sentence.  Put your answers on the back of this sheet.