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.

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

E         2. You look wonderful!

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

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

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

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

E           7. Our plan worked!

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

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

D          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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