Week 4

Statement, command, question or exclamation?

Statements - Statements are sentences which tell you something. They end with a full stop.

Questions - Questions are sentences that ask you something. They usually end with a question mark.

Commands - Commands are sentences that tell you to do something. They are often urgent or angry and can be very short.

Exclamations - Exclamations are sentences that begin with ‘what’ or ‘how’. They are full sentences, include a verb and end with an exclamation mark.

Task 1

Identify what type of sentence

1. Is it cold outside?
2. How kind of him to do that!
3. Climb up that tree.
4. “What a nice young man!” shouted Anne.
5. It is great fun going to the park.
6. A puppy will grow up to be a dog.
7. Should you really eat 7 chocolate bars?
8. Get down from the roof!

Task 2

Write your own command, exclamation, question and statement sentences.