Four Kinds Of Sentences

Sentences That Tell, Ask, Order and Shout

Not all sentences do the same job. Some tell us something. Some ask a question. Some give an order. And some show strong feeling. English has four kinds of sentences, and each one ends with its own special mark. Learning to spot them helps us read with the right voice and write with the right punctuation.

There are four kinds of sentences: telling, asking, ordering and exclaiming.