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Identifying Sentence Kinds
Name:
Date:
Place the correct punctuation in the boxes to end each sentence. Identify each
sentence as either declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory.
(1)
Pick up some more milk when you
pass by the supermarket
(10)
May I have a clean plate
(11)
Did the door lock behind you
(2)
Just try and figure out what the new
password is
(3)
How beautiful your rose garden
is
(12)
Use at least five hundred words in
your essay
(4)
Take a good look at this financial
chart
(13)
There is no way I am going to let
you get a tattoo
(5)
Clean out the gutters with this
plastic scooper I bought
(14)
What was in the box that was left
outside
(6)
I am sick and tired of this rainy
weather
(15)
You can find more paper towels in
the cabinet under the sink
(7)
Go get another paper towel from
the kitchen
(16)
Did you enjoy the lasagna I cooked
for you
(17)
My iPod was here just a minute
ago, and now it’s gone
(8)
(9)
This closet is where we keep the
spare batteries
This phone bill is highway
robbery
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Identifying Sentence kinds
ANSWER KEY
Place the correct punctuation in the boxes to end each sentence. Identify each
sentence as either declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory.
(1)
Pick up some more milk when you
pass by the supermarket .
imperative
(10)
May I have a clean plate ?
interrogative
(11)
Did the door lock behind you ?
interrogative
(2)
Just try and figure out what the new
password is . imperative
(3)
How beautiful your rose garden
is ! exclamatory
(12)
Use at least five hundred words in
your essay . imperative
(4)
Take a good look at this financial
chart . imperative
(13)
There is no way I am going to let
you get a tattoo ! exclamatory
(5)
Clean out the gutters with this
plastic scooper I bought .
imperative
(14)
What was in the box that was left
outside ? interrogative
(6)
I am sick and tired of this rainy
weather ! exclamatory
(15)
You can find more paper towels in
the cabinet under the sink .
declarative
(7)
Go get another paper towel from
the kitchen . imperative
(16)
Did you enjoy the lasagna I cooked
for you ? interrogative
(17)
My iPod was here just a minute
ago, and now it’s gone !
exclamatory
(8)
(9)
This closet is where we keep the
spare batteries . declarative
This phone bill is highway
robbery ! exclamatory