Sentence Types
Did you take out the trash?
Interrogative
Harry followed the map.
Followed
Followed the map
Jim ran a marathon.
Jim
Tyler and Sam were best friends.
Coordinating: and
Sarah made mashed potatoes.
Wow, that's amazing!
Exclamatory
The spotted dog wagged its tail.
Wagged
Wagged its tail
The red car drove quickly down the highway.
Car
The red car
Coordinating: Or
The feast was ready and was set out to eat, the family gathered around the table.
Comma Splice
The dog barked at the mailman.
Declarative
When did he go to the store?
Go to the store.
The night was dark and eerily quiet.
The night.
He was short but strong.
Coordinating: but
Fused Sentence
I have a pet bunny.
Declarative
The stove is hot.
Is
Is hot
Samantha could not find the cup.
Samantha
Neither he nor the other man claimed the drink on the counter.
Correlative: Neither...Nor
followed the path
Fragment
Read the article in the magazine.
Imperative
The ribbon is the last one in the box.
is
is the last one
Pick up the phone.
(You)
She smiled yet her heart was crying.
Yet
The world was a sea of red and gold as the leaves changed anticipating fall.
Sentence