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                                           KIND OF SENTENCES

   There are different kinds of sentences. Each kind of serves aa special purpose. Read the following sentences.

1.       This road map is easy to read.

2.       Hold my backpack.

3.       Should we take the next left turn?

4.       Which road leads to Flathead Lake?

5.       What a lot of old mining camps there are!

   A sentence may be described according to its purpose. A declarative sentence such as sentence 1 states something, often a fact or an opinion. An interrogative sentence asks a question about something or someone. Which sentences are interrogative?                                                                                                 An imperative sentence makes a request or gives an order. An exclamatory sentence expresses strong feeling or emotion about something. Which sentence above is imperative? Which sentence is exclamatory?

   The punctuation used at the end of a sentence depends on what kind of sentence it is. A declarative sentence or an imperative sentence ends with a period. An interrogative sentence ends with a question mark. An exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation point.

   The subject of an imperative sentence is always the pronoun “you”. The pronoun may or may not be stated. For example, one may say either “You close the window” or “Close the window”. In sentence 2 the subject, “you” is understood.

TASK 1. Classifying sentences. Copy these sentences. After each one, write the sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.

1.       The capital of Montana is Helena.

2.       How beautiful the Rocky Mountains are!

3.       Can we see the underground caves?

4.       Please put the camera in this suitcase.

TASK 2. Correcting sentences. Determine what kind of sentence each item is. Then write each sentence correctly.

1.       when did the gold miners come to Montana

2.       take a picture of the mountains at sunset

3.       can we see Great Falls tomorrow

4.       the nickname of Montana is the Treasure State

5.       help me load the camera with fresh film

6.       what a beautiful view that is over the valley

TASK 3. A friendly letter. Write a letter to a friend about a visit, real or imaginary, to a lake or a mountain. Your letter should include five sentences. Be sure to use at least one example of each of the four types of sentences you have studied in this lesson.