IXL | Is the sentence a statement, question, command, or exclamation?

What kind of sentence is this?

Did you see the fox in the front yard?

a question

a command

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What kind of sentence is this?

The children play freeze tag.

a statement

a question

key idea

There are four kinds of sentences.

A statement is a sentence that tells about something. It always ends with a period.

I have an older brother and a younger sister.

A question is a sentence that asks something. It always ends with a question mark.

How tall are you?

A command makes a request or tells someone to do something. It usually ends with a period. If the command shows strong feeling, it ends with an exclamation point.

Read the first chapter by next week.

Look out for that car!

An exclamation is like a statement, but it shows surprise or strong feeling. It always ends with an exclamation point.

Some whales are over ninety feet long!

I can't wait until tomorrow!

solution

The sentence tells about something, and it ends with a period. It is a statement.

$Confetti$

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RR.1Identify statements

RR.2Identify questions

RR.3Identify exclamations

RR.4Identify commands

RR.5Choose the right end mark

RR.6Statement, question, command, or exclamation?

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