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The Four Types of Sentences — Identify

Students label each sentence as a statement, question, command, or exclamation — the four fundamental sentence types in English.
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Practice Questions

  1. 🌏 The Amazon River is the largest river by volume.
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    statement

  2. ❓ What is the capital of France?
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    question

  3. 📖 Read the first two paragraphs carefully.
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    command

  4. 🌋 What an amazing eruption that was!
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    exclamation

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Teaching Notes

Teach the four types with voice: flat tone (statement), rising (question), firm (command), high-pitched (exclamation). Students can "perform" each sentence to identify the type.

Vocabulary
Statement: Tells a fact or opinion.
Question: Asks for information.
Command: Tells someone to do something.
Exclamation: Shows strong feeling.
Common Mistakes
  • Calling an exclamation a statement just because it does not have a question mark
  • Confusing commands with statements when the subject is implied
Extension Activities
  • Write examples of each sentence type.
  • Identify sentence types in a story.
  • Change sentence types.
Parent Tip

Read sentences aloud with different tones to show sentence types.

Learning Path
Skills Practiced
Identify declarative sentencesIdentify interrogative sentencesIdentify imperative sentencesIdentify exclamatory sentences