types of sentences with explanation
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.1 What is a Declarative sentence?
Declarative sentences give information. We use them to share facts and ideas, in other words, to declare, state, assert, or claim something. These are probably the most common kind of sentence in writing, speeches, and lectures; they are the meat-and-potatoes of giving information. Other kinds of sentence may be more common in conversation with your friends.
Here are a few examples:
The dog went to the county fair.
Kim saw the dog eat popcorn.
.2 What is an interrogative sentence?
An interrogative sentence is a question. They are easy to recognize because they always end with question marks (?). Questions are really requests or commands for people to give us information, but they are more polite than commands.
What kind of information we are asking for can be indicated by who, what, where, when, why, how, and compounds built from those words, such as how1 much, or in what way.
Finally, the order of the verb and subject are reversed from what they would be in a declarative sentence – the verb goes before the subject – and this is true also for yes/no questions also, which have no wh-word. However, if you are a native speaker of standard English you probably don’t have to think about these things to get them right.
Here are some examples:
Why is the dog going to the county fair?
Have you ever been to a county fair? (a yes/no question)
.3 What is an imperative sentence?
An imperative is a verb expressing a command, thus, an imperative sentence basically gives instructions, requests, or demands, although they can also be used to share wishes and make invitations. Basically, they tell someone what to do. But commanding someone to do something like have fun! or come to my party! is naturally understood as a well-wishing or invitation. Here are some examples:
Have fun at the fair! (well-wishing)
Come to the fair with me! (invitation)
.4 What is an Exclamatory Sentence?
Exclamatory sentences are ways to share strong feelings such as excitement. They are usually just like declarative sentences in form and function, just with more emotion. But one can also make exclamatory questions, or exclamations that are not full sentences; here are a few:
I can’t believe how fast that dog ate all the popcorn!
Hey! There’s no more popcorn!