Sentence types

Question 1

What type of sentence is this?

Nepoleon was a very short man.

Answer 1

Declarative.

Question 2

What type of sentence is this?

Please be nice to your brother.

Answer 2

Imperative

Question 3

What is the subject of this sentence?

Get out of here.

Answer 3

You-is the subject, even though the word doesn’t appear in the sentence. Often in imperative sentences, the listener is implied.

Question 4

What kind of sentence is this?

Bill Clinton used to live in the White House.

Answer 4

Declarative.

Question 5

What kind of sentence is this?

Grab me a drink while you’re in there.

Answer 5

Imperative

Question 6

What kind of sentence is this?

The Spurs won the championship!

Answer 6

Exclamatory

Question 7

Is the following a simple sentence?

Helium is a noble gas.

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

Is the following a simple sentence?

David currently works as a mailman, but he’s hoping to become a piano tuner.

Answer 8

No, this is a compound sentence.

Question 9

Is the following sentence compound?

Julie and Sarah went for a run.

Answer 9

No. The presence of two subjects does not mean a sentence is compound

Question 10

Is this sentence a compound sentence?

This camera costs less than that computer, but both are way out of my price range.

Answer 10

Yes. There are two independent clauses; therefore, it is a compound sentence.

Question 11

Is the following a complex sentence?

4 My People Features Eve.

Answer 11

No

Question 12

Is the following a complex sentence?

After the party, we headed to the hotel lobby.

Answer 12

Yes

Question 13

T/F: A sentence must always contain at least one dependent clause.

Answer 13

False. A sentence must contain at least one independent clause, but it does not have to contain a dependent clause.

Question 14

What kind of sentence is this?

For the first time in my life, I cooked dinner for my family.

Answer 14

A complex sentence, because it contains an independent clause and a dependent clause.

Question 15

What kind of sentence is this?

Jack and Jill fell down the hill.

Answer 15

A simple sentence, because it contains only one independent clause.

Question 16

What kind of sentence is this?

Jack rolled down the hill, and Jill ran down it.

Answer 16

A compound sentence, because it contains two independent clauses.

Question 17

What kind of sentence is this?

Jack rolled halfway down the hill and ran the rest of the way.

Answer 17

It is a complex sentence, because it contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.

Question 18

What is wrong with the following?

Julie is a singer. She has a great voice. She is a soprano in the choir. She has a solo in the spring concert.

Answer 18

The sentence structure never varies, which makes the paragraph boring.

Question 19

What are the four sentence types (defined according to content)?

Answer 19

Declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory.

Question 20

What kind of punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence?

Answer 20

A period

Question 21

T/F: All sentences ending in periods are declarative.

Answer 21

False. Imperative sentences often end in periods as well.

Question 22

T/F: Teachers love exclamation marks.

Answer 22

False. Most teachers consider exclamation marks a sign of an inexperienced writer.

Question 23

What type of sentence is a teacher using when he orders you to do your homework?

Answer 23

Imperative

Question 24

What are exclamatory sentences?

Answer 24

Exclamatory sentences convey strong emotion. They often end in exclamation marks.

Question 25

What kind of sentence often ends with an “!”?

Answer 25

An exclamatory sentence.

Question 26

Are most sentences declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Answer 26

Most sentences are declarative.

Question 27

What is a simple sentence?

Answer 27

A simple sentence is an independent clause with no dependent clauses. Both the subject and the predicate can be compound as long as there are no dependent clauses in the sentence.

Question 28

What is a complex sentence?

Answer 28

A complex sentence contains an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Question 29

What is a compound sentence?

Answer 29

A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.

Question 30

T/F: A compound sentence contains one or more dependent clauses.

Answer 30

False. A complex sentence contains one or more dependent clauses in addition to an independent clause. A compound sentence contains two independent clauses.

Question 31

What kind f sentence has more than one independent clause?

Answer 31

A compound sentence.

Question 32

Can a sentence have more than one dependent clause?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

T/F: All sentences must end in periods.

Answer 33

False. Sentence can also end in question marks or exclamation marks.

Question 34

When writing, is it acceptable to vary your sentence structure?

Answer 34

Yes, in fact, varied sentence structure is one mark of a good writer.

Question 35

What is the term for a sentence that has more than one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses?

Answer 35

A compound-complex sentence.

EX: Although I used to eat a lot of chocolate, I don’t anymore because once I got really sick after eating fourteen Snickers bars in a row. ( The independent clauses are -I used to eat a lot of chocolate, I don’t anymore, and I got really sick after eating etc.; the dependent clause is -Although I used to eat a lot of chocolate-.)