Four Types of Sentences
Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
Teaching approaches
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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?
Understand and use the four sentence types — statement, question, exclamation, and command — recognising how grammatical patterns indicate sentence function
Learning resources
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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.
Proof: Save a repaired-sentence screenshot and a parent note naming two sentence types the learner identified.
Question Mark Game
Supplemental end-mark practice distinguishing questions from statements.
Proof: Save a screenshot and a parent note of one question and one statement sorted correctly.
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This concept
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