Name: _________________________________

Time: 15min

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 Adventure ville 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 Adventure ville!
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 well have to be back by 3:00 for the busses!
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, well only be able
to stay for thirty minutes.
Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________
10. The students wondered why they were going to Adventure ville.
Type: ________________________ Why? _______________________________________________

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My great grandmother came to America as an immigrant from Russia.

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