✏️ WritingGrade 3Lesson 5
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Grammar — Sentence Types

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Learning Objectives

  • 1Identify the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command
  • 2Write an example of each sentence type with the correct end punctuation
  • 3Explain the difference between an exclamation and a command when both end with an exclamation mark
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Mini Lesson

Every sentence you write or read belongs to one of four types. Each type has a job — and each uses a specific end punctuation mark to signal that job to the reader.

Statement (Declarative)

  • Job: tells information, states a fact, or describes something.
  • End punctuation: period (.)
  • Example: The snow fell softly on the frozen lake.
  • Tip: most sentences you write are statements.

Question (Interrogative)

  • Job: asks for information or a response.
  • End punctuation: question mark (?)
  • Example: Where did you find that amazing book?
  • Tip: often starts with who, what, when, where, why, or how.

Exclamation (Exclamatory)

  • Job: expresses strong emotion — surprise, excitement, fear, or joy.
  • End punctuation: exclamation mark (!)
  • Example: What an incredible goal that was!
  • Tip: often starts with What a... or How...

Command (Imperative)

  • Job: gives an instruction, order, or request.
  • End punctuation: period (.) for polite, or exclamation mark (!) for urgent.
  • Example: Please put your books away quietly.
  • Tip: the subject "you" is often missing because it is understood.

Tricky Pair — Exclamation vs Command

  • Both can end with ! — so look at the job, not just the punctuation.
  • Exclamation expresses feeling: What a beautiful day!
  • Command gives an order: Get out of the road!
The four sentence types with examples and punctuationFour colored rows showing the four sentence types: statement with period, question with question mark, exclamation with exclamation mark, and command with period or exclamation mark.The 4 Sentence Types1. Statementends with .The sun rises every morning.2. Questionends with ?Where did you find that book?3. Exclamationends with !What an incredible goal that was!4. Commandends with . or !Please close the window quietly.
The four sentence types — statement (.), question (?), exclamation (!), and command (. or !) — each with a model example.
How to tell an exclamation apart from a commandTwo side-by-side panels: the left shows an exclamation that expresses feeling; the right shows a command that gives an order. Both end with exclamation marks.Both can end with !Look at the JOB, not just the punctuation.3. Exclamationexpresses strongfeeling or emotion"What a beautifulday this is!"Feeling!No order given.4. Commandgives an orderor instruction"Get out ofthe road!"Order!Telling you to dosomething.
Both exclamations and commands can end with "!". The left expresses feeling; the right gives an order.
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Ask yourself: Can I name the four sentence types, give an example of each, and say which end punctuation each one uses?

Vocabulary
Statement
A sentence that tells information or states a fact, ending with a periode.g. The library opens at nine.
Question
A sentence that asks for information or a response, ending with a question marke.g. Where is my backpack?
Exclamation
A sentence that expresses strong feeling or emotion, ending with an exclamation marke.g. What a beautiful sunset that is!
Command
A sentence that gives an instruction, order, or requeste.g. Please close the door quietly.
End punctuation
The mark at the end of a sentence (. ? !) that signals what type of sentence it ise.g. Statements end with a period, questions with a question mark.
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