1. There are four kinds of sentences: declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

2. If the purpose of a sentence is to state a fact, it is a declarative sentence: I found a dime.

3. If a sentence ask a question, it is an interrogative sentence: Did you find a dime?

4. If it gives a command or makes a request, it is an imperative sentence: Lend me a dime, please.  Go look for more money.

5. If it expresses strong feelings, it is an exclamatory sentence: How lucky I was to find a dime!

6. Declarative, imperative, and interrogative sentences may be spoken in such a way that they are exclamatory in nature. In which case it should be followed by an exclamation point.

Examples:

This is unforgivable!  Declarative sentence becomes exclamatory.

Stop the car!  Imperative sentence becomes exclamatory.

How could you do something like that!  Interrogative becomes exclamatory.

Sentences Classified by their Grammatical Forms

1. A simple sentence has one subject and one predicate: The whistle .blew. {loudly}.

Examples:             

Baseball and football .are. [popular] \sports\.

This sentence has a compound subject. 

The dog .barked. and .ran. {away}.

This sentence has a compound predicate.

3. A compound sentence joins two or more simple sentences.

4. They are joined with a conjunction such as and, but, or, for, nor, or yet.

Example: I .wrote. /her/, but she .did. {not} .reply.

5. A complex sentence consists of a main clause and one or more subordinate or dependent clauses.

Example: [Our] student’s .do well. {when they are tested} or {when they write reports}.

Exercise, Lesson 35

Instructions: On a separate sheet of paper, number your paper from one to ten.  Write and mark the parts of speech in each sentence.

Example: {Tomorrow} we .will dedicate. the [new] /building/.  (Declarative)

1. The building next to ours is taller and wider, protecting us from the afternoon sun.

2. Turn down that television!

3. What time does the movie start?

4. We were playing in the yard when Uncle Frank came.

5. The newest diet pill did not work very well.

6. Do you know how to surf the Internet?

7. Please keep quiet!

8. Keep your receipt so that you can return the product if it is found to be damaged.

9. Where did you get your new sneakers?

10. Place the new copies next to the stack of photographs.

Test, Lesson 35

Instructions: Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Name the four kinds of sentences.

2. If the purpose of a sentence is to state a fact, it is what kind of sentence?

3. If it ask a question, what kind of sentence is it?

4. If it gives a command or makes a request, what kind of sentence is it?

5. If it expresses strong feeling, what kind of sentence is it?

6. Which three sentences may be spoken in such a way that they are exclamatory in nature?

7. Describe the simple sentence.

8. Can either the subject or the predicate be compound in a simple sentence?

9. How is a compound sentence made?

10. How are compound sentences joined?

11. How is a complex sentence made up?

Instructions: On a separate sheet of paper, number your paper from one to ten.  Write and mark each sentence and identify it as declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory.

Example: {Tomorrow} we .will dedicate. the [new] /building/.  (Declarative)

1. The building next to ours is taller and wider, protecting us from the afternoon sun.

2. Turn down that television!

3. What time does the move start?

4. We were playing out in the yard when Uncle Frank came.

5. The new diet pill did not work very well.

6. Do you know how to surf the Internet?

7. Please keep quiet!

8. Keep your receipt so that you can return the product if it is found to be damaged.

9. Where did you get your new sneakers?

10. Place the new copies next to the stack of photographs.