This document defines and provides examples of different types of sentences: declarative sentences make statements and use periods, interrogative sentences ask questions and use question marks, exclamatory sentences express strong feelings and use exclamation points, imperative sentences give commands or requests and can use periods or exclamation points depending on emotion. It also defines simple sentences with one clause, compound sentences with two independent clauses joined by coordinators, complex sentences with one dependent clause and one independent clause, and compound-complex sentences with two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
2. Declarative Sentence
•A declarative sentence is a sentence that makes a
statement or expresses an opinion. Use a period at
the end of these sentences.
•Ex. Beaches are the best vacation spots.
3. Interrogative Sentence
• An interrogative sentence is a sentence
that asks a question and ends in a
question mark.
•Ex.What did you get for Christmas?
4. Exclamatory Sentence
• An exclamatory sentence is a sentence
that expresses strong feeling and ends
with an exclamation mark
Ex. Those puppies are so cute!
5. Imperative Sentence
• An imperative sentence gives a command
or request . Use a exclamation mark after
an imperative sentence that contains strong
emotion, but a period after one that contains
mild emotion.
Ex. Stop running in the house!
6. Simple Sentence
• A simple sentence has one independent
clause.
Ex. Josh likes video games.
7. Compound Sentence
• A compound sentence has two independent
clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction,
conjunctive adverb, or semicolon alone.
•Ex. Amy could go outside, but she had to
bring an umbrella.
8. Complex Sentence
•A complex sentence has one dependent
clause joined to an independent clause
•Ex. Even thoughTony wanted to go to the
movies,Vick wanted to go to the park.
9. Compound-Complex Sentence
•A compound-complex sentence is when a
sentence has two independent clauses
joined to one or more dependent clauses.
•Ex. I want to go to Six Flags withVanessa,
but since she’s sick, I’ll have to go by myself.
