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.