Kinds of Sentences
Look at that strange mask
Two large alligators slid into the water.
CS: Two large alligators
CP: slid into the water.
Mr. Dennison coaches our soccer team.
SS: Mr. Dennison
SP: coaches
Measure the number of miles to Houston.
YOU
Radishes and carrots grow underground.
Radishes AND carrots
IMPERATIVE
Both buses arrived on time.
CP: arrived on time.
The cows stared at the passing train.
SS: cows
SP: stared
No plants grow well in this soil.
plants
Did Denzel or Ali make the carrot cake?
Denzel OR Ali
Where were peanuts first grown
INTERROGATIVE
My little brother knows the rules of the game.
CS: My little brother
CP: knows the rules of the game.
The old clock struck twelve.
SS: clock
SP: struck
A cruel king ruled the land harshly.
king
My knees and ankles ached after the long hike.
knees AND ankles
DECLARATIVE
Joe's Labrador retriever jumped the fence.
CS: Joe's Labrador retriever
CP: jumped the fence.
Heavy traffic clogs that tunnel most mornings.
SS: traffic
SP: clogs
Please read to me your favorite poem.
YOU
Three monkeys and their trainer juggled oranges.
monkeys AND trainer
What a weird noise that is
EXCLAMATORY
Elaine collects old dolls.
CS: Elaine
CP: collects old dolls.
SS: peppers
SP: grew
Amelia Earhart flew across the Atlantic in 1932.
Amelia Earhart
Did Sonia or Mai get the lead role in the play?
Sonia OR Mai