KS2 Sentences Quiz: Statement, Question or Command

English Quiz - Statement, Question or Command? (Questions)

Get ready for a KS2 English challenge all about sentences! Sentences have different jobs - to tell facts, ask questions, or give commands. How you arrange words and use punctuation changes everything! When stating something, what punctuation do you need? When asking a question, what goes at the end? And for a command, how do you structure the sentence?

Test your knowledge of sentences, questions, and commands with this fun English quiz!

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It is raining outside. How would you turn this statement into a question?

[ ]	It should stop raining outside?
[ ]	Is it raining outside?
[ ]	Why is it raining outside?
[ ]	Where is it raining?

Are you coming to the party tonight? How would you change this question to a statement?

[ ]	Tonight, there is a party.
[ ]	Are you coming to the party tonight.
[ ]	Who is coming to the party tonight.
[ ]	You are coming to the party tonight.

Are you coming to the party tonight? Make this question into a command.

[ ]	Come to the party.
[ ]	Please, could you come to the party?
[ ]	I want you to come to the party!
[ ]	You won't come to the party.

Take the dog for a walk. How would you turn this command into a question?

[ ]	Could you take the dog for a walk?
[ ]	Would you take the dog for a walk?
[ ]	Will you take the dog for a walk?
[ ]	All of the above.

Is the weekend over already? Change this question to a statement.

[ ]	The weekend isn't already over, is it.
[ ]	Is the weekend over already.
[ ]	The weekend is over already.
[ ]	Is the weekend already over.

You should finish your homework by tomorrow. Change this statement to a command.

[ ]	Should you finish your homework by tomorrow.
[ ]	Finish your homework by tomorrow.
[ ]	Is your homework going to be finished by tomorrow.
[ ]	You could finish your homework by tomorrow.

Which one of the following is NOT a question?

[ ]	Having been knocked off the desk by my elbow, the mug smashed?
[ ]	You're always late?
[ ]	Why are you wearing that awful jacket?
[ ]	Did you really forget to tidy your room?

Which one of the following is NOT a statement?

[ ]	I am extremely thirsty.
[ ]	Wait there while I go and take a look.
[ ]	The sky is clouding over.
[ ]	You are probably tired after your long day.

Which of the following is NOT a command?

[ ]	Close the curtains and turn on the lights.
[ ]	See what films are on at the cinema.
[ ]	Drink your water.
[ ]	You might want to rest now.

10.

Grass is green. This statement would be an appropriate response to which of the following questions?

[ ]	Why is grass green?
[ ]	Why does grass have a colour?
[ ]	What colour is grass?
[ ]	How does grass become green?

English Quiz - Statement, Question or Command? (Answers)

It is raining outside. How would you turn this statement into a question?

[ ]	It should stop raining outside?
[x]	Is it raining outside?
[ ]	Why is it raining outside?
[ ]	Where is it raining?

Although adding the word 'why' creates a question, it also changes the meaning, whereas 'Is it raining outside' turns the original statement into a question without changing the meaning.

Are you coming to the party tonight? How would you change this question to a statement?

[ ]	Tonight, there is a party.
[ ]	Are you coming to the party tonight.
[ ]	Who is coming to the party tonight.
[x]	You are coming to the party tonight.

This is a simple case of swapping the first two words and replacing the question mark with a full stop.

Are you coming to the party tonight? Make this question into a command.

[x]	Come to the party.
[ ]	Please, could you come to the party?
[ ]	I want you to come to the party!
[ ]	You won't come to the party.

Commands usually use imperative (bossy) verbs, such as 'come'.

Take the dog for a walk. How would you turn this command into a question?

[ ]	Could you take the dog for a walk?
[ ]	Would you take the dog for a walk?
[ ]	Will you take the dog for a walk?
[x]	All of the above.

Using verbs such as 'could', 'would' and 'will' make questions sound more polite than commands!

Is the weekend over already? Change this question to a statement.

[ ]	The weekend isn't already over, is it.
[ ]	Is the weekend over already.
[x]	The weekend is over already.
[ ]	Is the weekend already over.

The three incorrect answers are still questions, despite having no question mark at the end.

You should finish your homework by tomorrow. Change this statement to a command.

[ ]	Should you finish your homework by tomorrow.
[x]	Finish your homework by tomorrow.
[ ]	Is your homework going to be finished by tomorrow.
[ ]	You could finish your homework by tomorrow.

Commands tend to sound 'hard' and 'harsh'.

Which one of the following is NOT a question?

[x]	Having been knocked off the desk by my elbow, the mug smashed?
[ ]	You're always late?
[ ]	Why are you wearing that awful jacket?
[ ]	Did you really forget to tidy your room?

Some statements can become questions if you use the right inflection (tone of voice). 'You're always late.' would be a simple statement, but 'You're always late?' is a question which suggests disbelief (i.e. I don't believe that you're always late).

Which one of the following is NOT a statement?

[ ]	I am extremely thirsty.
[x]	Wait there while I go and take a look.
[ ]	The sky is clouding over.
[ ]	You are probably tired after your long day.

'Wait there while I go and take a look' is a command - you can recognise it by the use of the imperative verb, 'wait'.

Which of the following is NOT a command?

[ ]	Close the curtains and turn on the lights.
[ ]	See what films are on at the cinema.
[ ]	Drink your water.
[x]	You might want to rest now.

The word 'might' softens the sentence.

10.

Grass is green. This statement would be an appropriate response to which of the following questions?

[ ]	Why is grass green?
[ ]	Why does grass have a colour?
[x]	What colour is grass?
[ ]	How does grass become green?

Sometimes it's fun to create a statement and then think of how many questions it could be the answer to.