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5th Grade Reading

5th Grade Reading Question of the Day

Practice 5th Grade Reading with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Select the type of sentence that is provided:

I really don't feel well this morning, can I skip school and stay in bed?

  1. Interrogative
  2. Declarative
  3. Imperative
  4. Exclamatory
Explanation: Looking at our answer choices, there are four types of sentences:
  1. A d eclarative sentence is a sentence that tells the reader about something, and it will always end with a period.
  2. 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.
  3. An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks something, it's a question. This type of sentence will always end with a question mark.
  4. 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: I really don't feel well this morning, can I skip school and stay in bed? This sentence ends in a question mark; thus, this sentence is an interrogative sentence.