Sentences

By : Sarah Thomas

Declarative• A declarative sentence simply makes a statement

or expresses an opinion. In other words, it makes a declaration. This kind of sentence ends with a period.

We get lots of snow in the winter. .

Example

ImperativeAn imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request .It usually ends with a period but can, under certain circumstances, end with an exclamation point.

Clean your room .

Example

Exclamatory

An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that expresses great emotion such as excitement, surprise, happiness and anger, and ends with an exclamation point.

I won a million dollars!

Example

Interrogative• An interrogative sentence asks a question. This type of

sentences often begins with, who, what, where, when, why, how, or do, and it ends with a question mark.

What time do you get up in the morning ?

Example

Simple• A simple sentence has the most basic elements that

make it a sentence: a subject, a verb, and a complete thought.

Apples are red.

Example

Compound

• A compound sentence refers to a sentence made up of two independent clauses(or complete sentences) connected to one another with a coordinating conjunction. Coordinating conjunctions are easy to remember if you think of the words “FAN BOYS”.

• For• And• Nor• But• Or• Yet• So

Complex• A complex sentence is made up of an independent

clause and one or more dependent clauses connected to it. A dependent clause is similar to an independent clause, or complete sentence, but it lacks one of the elements that would make it a complete sentence.

While he waited at the train station, Joe realized that the train was late.

Example

Compound ComplexA compound-complex sentence is made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Fragment

• Incomplete or unfinished part of a sentence that never finishes the thought or idea of the sentence

Because his car was in the shop(What did he do?)

Examples

Subject• One of the main parts of a sentence• Usually the subject is a noun that comes in the

beginning of a sentence

The dog chased the ball

Dog is the subject Example

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