Transcript Unit 1 Grammar Week 2

Lewis and Clark and Me
UNIT 1 GRAMMAR WEEK 2
Imperative
and
Exclamatory Sentences
IMPERATIVE SENTENCES
An imperative sentence gives a command or
makes a request.
 Steer
the boat.
It usually begins with a verb and ends with a
period. The subject (you) is not shown.
EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES
An exclamatory sentence shows
strong feeling or surprise.
The
river is wide!
What a trip this is!
It ends with an exclamation mark.
INTERJECTION
 Interjections
also show strong feeling
and ends with an exclamation mark.
An interjection is a word or group of
words, not a complete sentence.
Amazing!
Ouch!
REVIEW
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An imperative sentence gives a command
or makes a request.
An exclamatory sentence shows strong
feeling or surprise. It ends with an
exclamation mark.
An interjection also shows strong
feeling or surprise, but it is not a
complete sentence.
Decide whether the
sentence is imperative or
exclamatory.
PRACTICE
 Look
at the top of that skyscraper.
 That’s one amazingly tall building!
 Please take my photograph there.
 Wow! I’ve never been in a city this
huge!
 Don’t go too close to the edge.
IMPERATIVE OR DECLARATIVE?
 Buy
your tickets here for the Statue
of Liberty
 What a long line this is
 Please have your money ready
 How wonderful the statue looks from
the sea
 Remember to bring your camera
ADD WORDS TO THE SENTENCES
 the
tall Empire State Building
(exclamatory)
 a map of the city (imperative)
 toys in this toy store (exclamatory)
 the busy street (imperative)
 to the show (imperative)
TEST PREP
Choose
the letter of the
word or the word and
punctuation mark that
complete each sentence.
Notice the bright sunlight and palm
trees in _________.
A Florida? C Florida!
B Florida
D Florida

What a cold, gray place New York is
in____________.
A comparison.
C comparison!
B comparison
D
comparison?
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WHICH SENTENCE IS WRITTEN
CORRECTLY?
A
B
C
D
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cities are incredibly noisy
Give me the country any day.
Ugh! I couldn’t live there?
How do you put up with it.
Don’t talk to me about the country.
I hate mosquitos?
Do you really want to live with cows!
I prefer an apartment building
ADD A WORD TO MAKE THE SENTENCE
COMPLETE.
 __________
me the photos you
took in Philadelphia. (imperative)
 ___________ an enormous bell
that is! (exclamatory)
 _________ lucky you were it didn’t
rain! (exclamatory)
 Please _________ me a copy of
that picture. (imperative)