Sentence Types
What makes a statement and ends with a period?
A declarative Sentence
"Weighted thousands of pounds."
fragment
The gloves protect my feet from excess work.
Gloves, and protect.
Andrea and Josh (is, are) good friends.
are
The murder hornet was disappointed by the preconceived ideas people had of him.
Murder Hornet
What's a imperative sentence?
A sentence that gives a command or makes a request.
Some dinosaurs were twenty feet tall.
Sentence.
Jim liked driving around town with his hazard lights on.
Jim, and Driving.
The students families both (speaks, speak) and (reads, read) French.
speak and read.
He turned in the research paper on Friday; otherwise, he would have not passed the class.
He
What's an interrogative sentence?
A interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Huge jaws and sharp teeth
Fragment.
Carol drank the blood as if she were a vampire
Carol, and drank
A teacher or parent (directs, direct) the junior-high play and (prepares, prepare) the program.
directs and prepares.
Jason lived his life by the motto, "Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.
Jason
What express sentence type expresses strong feeling?
A exclamatory sentence.
Dinosaurs disappeared a long time ago.
Sentence
The waves were crashing on the shore; it was a lovely sight.
Waves, crashing.
Both Mrs. Chan and Mr. Edgar (studies, study) and (teaches, teach) history.
The book is in front of the table.
Book
What kind of sentence is this? "Have you seen Venus Williams on the tennis court?"
Interrogative.
Many idea's and theories about dinosaurs.
Fragment
Three generations with six decades of life experience.
Three generations, and experience
Abdul and his friends (takes, take) the bus or (gets, get) rides from their parents
Takes, and gets
Peanuts don't grow on trees, but cashews do.
Peanuts