What is your favorite color?
Statements: A sentence that is a fact or an opinion. Questions: A sentence that asks something. Commands & Exclamations: A sentence that tells someone to do something or expresses strong emotion.
A Guide to Types of Sentences
Statement - A statement is a sentence that is used to express an idea, opinion, or fact. Question - A question is a sentence that is used to ask for information or to get someone to think about something. Command - A command is a sentence that is used to give someone an order or to tell someone to do something.
Concepts:
What do you think is the difference between a statement, question, command, and exclamation?
Can you think of an example of a statement, question, command, and exclamation?
What have you learned about statements, questions, commands, and exclamations?
How can you use statements, questions, commands, and exclamations in your writing?
Which type of sentence is 'Please close the door.'?
- Exclamation
- Question
- Statement
- Command
What type of sentence is 'I love ice cream!'?
- Statement
- Question
- Command
- Exclamation
Work together in pairs: What is an example of a command sentence?