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Sentences II

This task is about identifying different types of sentences.

Sentence type	What it does
Declarative = Statement	Makes a comment or states a fact.
Interrogative = Question	Asks a question.
Imperative = Command	Makes a request or gives a command.
Exclamatory = Exclamation	Expresses an emotion strongly.

In the box below are examples of different sentence types.
Select the type of sentence it is by using the information provided in the chart above.

Sentence type	What it does
Declarative = Statement	Makes a comment or states a fact.
Interrogative = Question	Asks a question.
Imperative = Command	Makes a request or gives a command.
Exclamatory = Exclamation	Expresses an emotion strongly.

In the box below are examples of different sentence types.
Select the type of sentence it is by using the information provided in the chart above.

Examples	Sentence type
i) I just hate him!	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation
ii) His birthday is on Friday.	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation
iii) Why are we doing this?	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation
iv) Stop now!	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation
v) That band is awesome!	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation
vi) Pass the salt, please.	StatementQuestionCommandExclamation