Types of Sentences
What kind of sentence is this?
Please give me the contact information for that physician you recommended
Imperative
Sharks are the most savage hunters in all of nature.
Opinion
My dog, Scooter, is the security guard for our front yard mailbox.
Metaphor
Elm is to tree as raspberry is to
fruit
If you prearrange a meeting, when do you plan it?
In advance
What kind of sentence is this?
How many articles did Dale write before his publisher offered him a book contract?
Interrogative
Babies don't shed tears until they are about 1 month old.
Fact
The cat's eyes are like to shiny coins
similes
Painter is to portraits as guitarist is to
music
When might you see a preview for a new television show?
Before the show has been released.
That's the best bakery in town!
Exclamatory
In today's economy, a nickel is just about worthless.
Opinion
The giant boulder refused to budge, no matter how hard we pushed it.
personification.
Card is to deck as flower is to
bouquet
What is the suffix in chewable?
able
At the museum, we saw statues from China.
Declarative
Camping in the woods is the best way to see shooting stars.
The mosquitoes taunted us with their ceaseless biting and buzzing.
personification
Sickness is to illness as piece is to
part
Which item is not a collectible?
1. a rare comic book
2. An ordinary spiral notebook
An ordinary spiral notebook.
Meet me at my house at noon.
Imperative
The modern trumpet is an instrument made from brass.
Fact
I have asked you a million times to sit down.
hyperbole
Sparrow is to animal as broccoli is to
vegetable
What is the root word in avoidable?
Avoid