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Kinds of Sentences-Part 2
What type of sentence is it?
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Exclamatory and Imperative Notes The main difference between exclamatory and imperative is that exclamatory is said in a loud, excited way usually expressing some sort of feeling. Imperative sentences are telling someone to do something. If "please" is in the sentence, the sentence problbly should end woth a period instead of am exclamation mark.
Oh my, that sounded just like an owl screeching
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Please be careful over there
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Sit down next to me on the bench
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Yikes, there's a cat peering in that window
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Reach into this bowl
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Oh, something cold and slimy is in there
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
How awful it feels
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Please say what this is
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Turn the lights on
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
Please look in the bowl
? imperative (.) ? exclamatory (.) ? imperative (!) ? exclamatory (!)
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