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# Four Types of Sentences

Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function

Subject: English · Area: Grammar & Punctuation · Ages 6 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/four-types-of-sentences-mt_u1-UfD0rTH

## Ready when they can

- Write or identify a statement, question, exclamation, and command from a set of sentences
- Match each sentence type to its correct end punctuation mark
- Transform a statement into a question or command on request

## Lesson: Four Types of Sentences

You already know how to start and end a sentence. Now let's learn that sentences can do four different jobs. Each job gets its own end mark.

**Example.** 'The sky is blue.' This sentence tells you something. It is a statement, and it ends with a period. 'Are you hungry?' This sentence asks something. It is a question, and it ends with a question mark.

*(drawing: Match each job to its own end mark: tell needs a period, ask needs a question mark, feel needs an exclamation mark, order needs a period too.)*

**Example.** 'Watch out!' This sentence shows strong feeling. It is an exclamation, and it ends with an exclamation mark. 'Eat your dinner.' This sentence orders someone to do something. It is a command.

**Tip.** To find the type fast, ask yourself: does it tell, ask, feel, or order? Then check the mark waiting at the end.

**Recap.** Four jobs, four marks: statement tells with a period, question asks with a question mark, exclamation shouts with an exclamation mark, and command orders, usually with a period.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Starting and ending sentences](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/starting-and-ending-sentences-mt_QEr24lqzvH)

## Opens up

- [Punctuating Direct Speech](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/punctuating-direct-speech-mt_-mw3JeIjhU)
- [Commas with yes, no, and names](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/commas-with-yes-no-and-names-mt_AfIzLRvMgW)
- [Word order and question forms](https://lightmysky.com/learn/languages/word-order-and-question-forms-mt_aY-pVRzyEz)
- [Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and Tense](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/grammar-terms-nouns-verbs-and-tense-mt_qzwQAOfurw)
- [Subordinate clauses](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/subordinate-clauses-mt_wq-1OJ_8s5)