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Types of Sentences
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Declarative Sentences | - makes a statement - punctuated with a period Ex: I love grammar. |
| Imperative Sentence | - issues requests or commands - has an understood you as the subject - punctuated with a period or exclamation Ex: Love grammar! |
| Interrogative Sentence | - asks a question - punctuated with a question mark Ex: Why do you love grammar? |
| Exclamatory Sentence | - makes an exclamation - declarative sentence with more emphasis and emotion - punctuated with exclamation mark Ex: I love grammar! |
| Indicative Mood | - it states or indicates a fact, asks a fact, denies a fact, or states an opinion - simple, progressive, and perfect tense verbs Ex: Rain is falling. Is rain falling? Rain is not falling. |
| Imperative Mood | - gives a command, begs, or advises you to do something. The subject is always an implied you - base form of the verb Ex: Do not forget homework. Go to class on time. Always read the board. |
| Subjunctive Mood | -never know whether or not the event will occur or someone will do the action - shows something hypothetical or contrary to fact. It might be in the form of a wish, desire, a doubt, or an imaginary situation Ex: I wish I were rich. |
| Passive Voice | - the subject is no longer doing the action of the verb. the subject is being "acted upon" by the verb. The direct object and the subject of the active sentence are flipped Most often used in writing for the sciences, when doer is unnecessary in sentence |
| Active Voice | - the subject performs the action denoted by the verb Used in most cases for writing in the humanities Ex: The little girl must have eaten a million pieces of candy. |