Structure: Sentences Types – SS2 English Lesson Note (Second Term)

Sentences are groups of words that express a statement, question, command or exclamation. Each sentence ends with a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark. There are four types of sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative and exclamatory. Each type allows us to express ourselves clearly.

Behavioural objectives

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

• name the four types of sentences;
• state the end mark used for each type;
• identify declarative, interrogative and imperative sentences;
• write their own examples of these sentences.

What are the types of sentences?

There are four types of sentences:

1. Declarative sentences (statements)
2. Interrogative sentences (questions)
3. Imperative sentences (commands)
4. Exclamatory sentences

Declarative sentences

Declarative sentences are simple statements that end with a full stop. Examples:

• The girl walked home.
• I love honey.
• My sister is a nurse.

Interrogative sentences

Interrogative sentences ask questions and end with question marks. Examples:

• What is your name?
• How old are you?
• Are you okay?

Imperative sentences

Imperative sentences tell someone to do something. Many of them end with full stops and some end with exclamation marks. Examples:

• Don’t touch me.
• Stop disturbing me.

Words for the week

Cherish, Capricious, Eschew, Perusal, Renunciation, Rhapsodize, Spurious, Tenable, Catalogue, Turgid, Antediluvian

Evaluation

1. Name the four types of sentences.
2. Which end mark is used for an interrogative sentence?
3. What type of sentence is “How old are you?”
4. What type of sentence is “Stop disturbing me.”?

Assignment

Write two examples each of declarative, interrogative and imperative sentences. Write the end mark you used for each one.