Types of Sentences

Sentences can be classified according to their functions. There are four sentence functions in English: declarative, exclamatory, interrogative and imperative.

Declarative

Declarative sentences state an idea. They end with a full stop.

Examples are:

Exclamatory

Exclamatory sentences express strong emotions. They end with an exclamation mark. Examples are:

Interrogative

Interrogative sentences ask a question. They end with a question mark.

Examples are:

Imperative

Imperative sentences give orders or directions. They end with a period or an exclamation mark.

Examples are:

An imperative sentence usually has no expressed subject (though you is understood as its subject).

Sections in this article

Sentence agreement
Sentence agreement: plural subjects
Sentence agreement: collective nouns
Sentence agreement: indefinite pronouns

 

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