8th Grade Reading : Print Concepts
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Example Question #1 : Print Concepts
Select the type of sentence that is provided:
Mark, will you please stop by the store on your way home to pick up milk?
Declarative
Imperative
Exclamatory
Interrogative
Interrogative
Looking at our answer choices, there are four types of sentences:
- A declarative sentence is a sentence that tells the reader about something, and it will always end with a period.
- An imperative sentence is a sentence that is a command, it tells someone to do something. This type of sentence will end in either a period or an exclamation point.
- An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks something, it's a question. This type of sentence will always end with a question mark.
- An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that shows excitement, surprise, or a strong emotion. This type of sentence will always end with an exclamation point.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
Mark, will you please stop by the store on your way home to pick up milk?
This sentence ends in a question mark; thus, this sentence is an interrogative sentence.
Example Question #2 : Print Concepts
Select the type of sentence that is provided:
Basketball tryouts start next week.
Imperative
Declarative
Interrogative
Exclamatory
Declarative
Looking at our answer choices, there are four types of sentences:
- A declarative sentence is a sentence that tells the reader about something, and it will always end with a period.
- An imperative sentence is a sentence that is a command, it tells someone to do something. This type of sentence will end in either a period or an exclamation point.
- An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks something, it's a question. This type of sentence will always end with a question mark.
- An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that shows excitement, surprise, or a strong emotion. This type of sentence will always end with an exclamation point.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
Basketball tryouts start next week.
This sentence is telling us something, it's telling us that basketball tryouts are next week. A sentence that tells the reader about something is a declarative sentence.
Example Question #3 : Print Concepts
Select the type of sentence that is provided:
Stop jumping on your bed, you might break something.
Exclamatory
Interrogative
Imperative
Declarative
Imperative
Looking at our answer choices, there are four types of sentences:
- A declarative sentence is a sentence that tells the reader about something, and it will always end with a period.
- An imperative sentence is a sentence that is a command, it tells someone to do something. This type of sentence will end in either a period or an exclamation point.
- An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks something, it's a question. This type of sentence will always end with a question mark.
- An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that shows excitement, surprise, or a strong emotion. This type of sentence will always end with an exclamation point.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
Stop jumping on your bed, you might break something.
This sentence is a command. It's telling someone to stop jumping on the bed. Sentences that are commands are called imperative sentences.
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