Recognizing Types of Sentences

Directions:

Identify the types of sentences below by using the following code:

        D declarative                     INT interrogative

        IMP imperative                 E exclamatory

Example:

_D_ Early Friday morning 580,000 gallons of molasses leaked from a storage tank and spread across an area half a mile wide.

____ 1. Why do the yolks of eggs cook faster in the microwave oven than the whites do?

____ 2. You look wonderful!

____ 3. Stay away from your hamsters when you are sick since hamsters can catch some of the same diseases humans do.

____ 4. Bands that use prerecorded music during live performances may have trouble pacing their shows in response to their audiences.

____ 5. Graham crackers were named after Sylvester Graham, a dietary reformer.

____ 6. Did Tyrannosaurus rex use its short forelimbs to grasp its prey?

____ 7. Our plan worked!

____ 8. Should crying babies be allowed to disrupt religious services?

____ 9. Wear your seat belt every time you drive.

____ 10. A Wood County, West Virginia, court jailed a protester rather than accept twelve canvas bags filled with 44,100 pennies in payment of his $441 fine.

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