This document contains an English lesson on identifying the four types of sentences according to their function: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory. It provides examples of each type of sentence and their typical punctuation marks. Students are then asked to identify 15 sentences as one of the four types and write the appropriate end punctuation mark.

1. AGRICULTURE HIGH SCHOOL
Agriculture, Midsayap, Cotabato
Name: __________________________________________ Date: ______________
Year and Section: _________________________________ Score: _____________
Subject: English 4
Activity No. 2-44
Activity Title: Kinds of Sentences According to Function
Objective: To identify the kinds of given sentences according to function.
KINDS OF SENTENCES ACCORDING TO FUNCTION
1. Declarative sentence states an idea and ends with a period.
example: Different wild flowers grow in different regions of the United States.
Most people do not enjoy taking risks.
2. Interrogative sentence asks question and ends with a question mark.
example: What harm did the delay cause?
Who designed the Guggenheim Museum?
3. Imperative sentence gives an order r direction and ends with a period or exclamation mark.
example: Call the insurance agent, please.
Watch out for that car!
Would you please stop that!
4. Exclamatory sentence conveys emotion and ends an exclamation mark.
example: The new baby just arrived! (declarative)
Isn’t her voice magnificent! (interrogative)
Perfect!
LET’S PRACTICE! IDENTIFYING THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES. Identify each sentence as
declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. Then write the end mark for each sentence.
example: As I ran down the street, I heard someone call to me.
Declarative
1. “Hey, you
2. Slow down for a minute
3. I bet you haven’t had breakfast yet
4. Here-how about some granola
5. I stopped in surprise as the garbage collector lobbed two packages of English muffins at me
6. “Do you know how much perfectly good bread they throw away there”
7. He gestured to the grocery store that backed my apartment
TASK 1: IDENTIFYING THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF SENTENCES. Identify each sentence as declarative,
interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory. Then write the end mark for each sentence.
Example) Did the students study their lessons well?
interrogative
1. Look carefully in both directions before crossing the street
2. When the alarm sounds, it summons firefighters
3. Your dress is absolutely ruined
4. All of my tires are new
5. Is there any way to tell when the corn is ripe
6. Will you please turn off the light before you leave
7. Should we whitewash this wall or leave it as is
8. I must return this overdue book to the library
9. Oil the hinges and this door will no longer squeak
10. If you look in that tree, you will see a bird’s nest
11. Is exercise good for our health
12. Don’t tell a lie
13. Sit here, Andrew
14. What a joyous day I have
15. We were taught how to pronounce words