Four Types of Sentences
Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
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Distinguish statement, question, command and exclamation by grammar and purpose, not marks alone.
Say whether 'Come here' asks for an action or information.
Directed source edges are preserved, not assumed completed. If the readiness probe is difficult, model with support and record supported practice instead of independent evidence.
Use the supplied stage-specific structured materials. Plain paper and pencil; screen viewing is optional.
Show, guided, put teaching sheet aside, then task sheets in order; adult keys remain private.
No printing or cutting is required unless explicitly choosing a physical construction. Exact paper alternatives are in each material; adaptations change the evidence mode as stated.
Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.
What this lesson covers and its limits
These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.
- partial: Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification. This is a bounded task opportunity, not established attainment or automatic use across contexts.
- partial: Write or identify a statement, question, exclamation, and command from a set of sentences
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
- partial: Match each sentence type to its correct end punctuation mark
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
- partial: Transform a statement into a question or command on request
Mapped task(s) offer this clause only within the supplied examples. Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification. No attainment or automatic/general performance is claimed.
- partial: Can {{name}} spot the difference between a question ("Are you hungry?") and a command ("Eat your dinner!") — and write each type of sentence using the right punctuation at the end?
Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification. This is a bounded task opportunity, not established attainment or automatic use across contexts.
Uses the narrow primary-school grammatical exclamation convention; everyday exclamation is broader. Four forms sampled, no punctuation-only classification.
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Distinguish statement, question, command and exclamation by grammar and purpose, not marks alone.
Distinguish statement, question, command and exclamation by grammar and purpose, not marks alone.
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Learning resources
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Sentence Play · Practice link — not the full lesson
Sentence Doctor
Repair sentences and punctuation in short items. Use it to notice statement vs question end marks; exclamations and commands may need adult examples offline.
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Review and open practice
Save a repaired-sentence screenshot and a parent note naming two sentence types the learner identified.
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Open practice (new tab)Source, access and review notes
Repair sentences and punctuation in short items. Use it to notice statement vs question end marks; exclamations and commands may need adult examples offline.
Save a repaired-sentence screenshot and a parent note naming two sentence types the learner identified.
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Roy the Zebra · Practice link — not the full lesson
Question Mark Game
Supplemental end-mark practice distinguishing questions from statements.
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Review and open practice
Save a screenshot and a parent note of one question and one statement sorted correctly.
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Open practice (new tab)Source, access and review notes
Supplemental end-mark practice distinguishing questions from statements.
Save a screenshot and a parent note of one question and one statement sorted correctly.
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Check understanding
- 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
“Can your child spot the difference between a question ("Are you hungry?") and a command ("Eat your dinner!") — and write each type of sentence using the right punctuation at the end?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 6–7
Standards