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Sentence Types

Sentence Types. Sentence Types. Sentences are the building blocks of writing. Good writing contains a variety of sentence types. Sentence Types. A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. The whale swam through the cold, dark sea.

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Sentence Types

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  1. Sentence Types Sentence Types Sentences are the building blocks of writing. Good writing contains a variety of sentence types.

  2. Sentence Types A declarative sentence makes a statement and ends with a period. The whale swam through the cold, dark sea. Many tourists visit Australia in January.

  3. Sentence Types An interrogative sentence asks a question and ends with a question mark. Are hammerhead sharks dangerous to humans? How did you mow the lawn all by yourself?

  4. Sentence Types An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. Imperative sentences end with either an exclamation mark or a period. Look at this map of Africa! Find a river on this map.

  5. Sentence Types A simple sentence is made up of a subject and a predicate and expresses only one complete thought. The horse galloped across the field. My grandfather walks three miles a day.

  6. Sentence Types A compound sentence is made of two closely related independent clauses. The two clauses can be joined by a comma (,) and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or or), or by a semicolon (;). Many early airplanes were simple gliders, but the Flyer had a gasoline-powered engine. Gorillas reinforce bonds by grooming each other; it allows close interaction between the two animals.

  7. Sentence Types A complex sentence is a sentence made up of an independent clause and a dependent clause. When Tommy woke up, he walked into the bathroom and brushed his teeth.

  8. Sentence Types A compound-complex sentence joins more than one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. When I eat Chinese food, I usually use chopsticks, or I just use a fork.

  9. Sentence Types Remember! • Good writing begins with good sentences. • Use different sentence types in your writing. • Different sentence types will make your writing more interesting and exciting.

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