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.