Read the following sentences and state their kind.

Notes

A sentence that makes a statement is a declarative or assertive sentence.
A sentence that asks a question is an interrogative sentence.
A sentence that gives an order or makes a request is an imperative sentence.
A sentence that expresses a sudden feeling or emotion is an exclamatory sentence.

1. Get me out of here.

2. Leave at once.

3. I want to go.

4. It might rain later in the day.

5. What did you do then?

6. He wants to be a pilot.

7. What a tragedy!

8. Hurrah! We have won.

9. I can’t speak French.

10. I don’t know his name.

11. Who is your father?

12. How careless she is!

Answers

1. Get me out of here. (Imperative sentence)

2. Leave at once. (Imperative sentence)

3. I want to go. (Declarative sentence)

4. It might rain later in the day. (Declarative sentence)

5. What did you do then? (Interrogative sentence)

6. He wants to be a pilot. (Declarative sentence)

7. What a tragedy! (Exclamatory sentence)

8. Hurrah! We have won. (Exclamatory sentence)

9. I can’t speak French. (Declarative sentence)

10. I don’t know his name. (Declarative sentence)

11. Who is your father? (Interrogative sentence)

12. How careless she is! (Exclamatory sentence)