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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Sentences (Types) 1 (Questions)

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Declarative and exclamatory are two types of sentences. As an English student, you will know by now that sentences can be of several different types. See if you can you identify the type of sentence for each of the following. If you get all 10 correct, you're on your way to understanding types of sentences!

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
It is my fourteenth birthday on Saturday.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
When is your birthday?

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Do your homework by next week.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I've got to finish my homework by next week!

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Will you finish your homework by next week?

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Do the exercise on page 20.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I'll complete my homework by next week.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Will you finish work early today? I need your help!

[ ]	Exclamatory, interrogative
[ ]	Imperative, exclamatory
[ ]	Interrogative, declarative
[ ]	Interrogative, exclamatory

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Sit down quickly. You are late!

[ ]	Declarative, imperative
[ ]	Exclamatory, imperative
[ ]	Imperative, exclamatory
[ ]	Interrogative, exclamatory

10.

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I can't complete my homework by next week. Help me!

[ ]	Declarative, exclamatory
[ ]	Declarative, imperative
[ ]	Exclamatory, imperative
[ ]	Imperative, exclamatory

English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Sentences (Types) 1 (Answers)

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
It is my fourteenth birthday on Saturday.

[x]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

A declarative sentence states that something is so

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
When is your birthday?

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[x]	Interrogative - asking a question

An interrogative sentence asks a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Do your homework by next week.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[x]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

An imperative sentence usually starts with a verb and gives a command or instruction (in this case the verb is 'Do')

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I've got to finish my homework by next week!

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[x]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Exclamatory sentences end with an exclamation mark

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Will you finish your homework by next week?

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[x]	Interrogative - asking a question

Interrogative sentences end with a question mark

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Do the exercise on page 20.

[ ]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[x]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I'll complete my homework by next week.

[x]	Declarative - making a statement
[ ]	Exclamatory - emphatic, exclaiming
[ ]	Imperative - giving a command or instruction
[ ]	Interrogative - asking a question

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Will you finish work early today? I need your help!

[ ]	Exclamatory, interrogative
[ ]	Imperative, exclamatory
[ ]	Interrogative, declarative
[x]	Interrogative, exclamatory

Note that there are two sentences of different sorts

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
Sit down quickly. You are late!

[ ]	Declarative, imperative
[ ]	Exclamatory, imperative
[x]	Imperative, exclamatory
[ ]	Interrogative, exclamatory

Here there are two sentences of different sorts

10.

Choose the correct sentence type for the following.
I can't complete my homework by next week. Help me!

[x]	Declarative, exclamatory
[ ]	Declarative, imperative
[ ]	Exclamatory, imperative
[ ]	Imperative, exclamatory

There are two sentences of different sorts