Intro: As students progress through their education journey, they’ll move on from basic sentence structure and learn about more complicated types of sentence patterns. In this quiz, Grade 2 students will have to put their grammar lesson knowledge to test and answer a series of questions focusing on different kinds of sentences.
Q1: What kind of sentence ends in an exclamation point?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: D: Exclamatory Sentence; an exclamatory sentence expresses strong emotion and is usually followed by an exclamation point.
Q2: What kind of sentence is typically used to ask questions?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: B: Interrogative Sentence; interrogative sentences are phrase used to ask questions that seek an answer.
Q3: What kind of sentence is used to make a statement?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: A: Declarative Sentence; a declarative sentence is a sentence used to present a statement, idea, or opinion.
Q4: What type of sentence is a command?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: C: Imperative Sentence; imperative sentences are used to make a command or give an order.
Q5: What kind of sentence expresses strong emotion?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: D: Exclamatory Sentence; exclamatory sentences express strong emotion and usually end with an exclamation point.
Q6: What is another name for a declarative sentence?
Options:
A: Interrogative Sentence
B : Assertive Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: B: Assertive Sentence; assertive sentences are the same as declarative sentences, and are used to make statements.
Q7: Which type of sentence is the opposite of an interrogative sentence?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Analytical Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: A: Declarative Sentence; declarative sentences are used to make statements, and are opposite of interrogative sentences, which are used to ask questions.
Q8: What type of sentence gives orders or instructions?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: C: Imperative Sentence; imperative sentences are used to give orders or instructions.
Q9: What type of sentence uses two clauses to make one statement?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Complex Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: B: Complex Sentence; a complex sentence contains two clauses, one of which is dependent, and is used to make a statement.
Q10: What type of sentence can be used to make a rhetorical question?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Complex Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: B: Interrogative Sentence; an interrogative sentence can be used to ask questions, including rhetorical questions.
Q11: What type of sentence can be used to give directions?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: C: Imperative Sentence; an imperative sentence is used to give directions or instructions.
Q12: What kind of sentence can be used to make a request?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: C: Imperative Sentence; an imperative sentence can be used to make a request.
Q13: What type of sentence uses words and phrases to add information?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Complex Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: C: Prepositional Sentence; prepositional sentences use words and phrases to add extra information to a main clause.
Q14: What type of sentence is used to make generalizations?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Complex Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: A: Declarative Sentence; a declarative sentence is used to make generalizations and statements.
Q15: What kind of sentence shows a logical relationship between two ideas?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Compound Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: B: Compound Sentence; a compound sentence is used to show the logical relationship between two ideas or thoughts.
Q16: What type of sentence is used to contrast two ideas?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Complex Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: B: Complex Sentence; a complex sentence is used to contrast two ideas or thoughts.
Q17: What type of sentence is used to provide background information or detail?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: C: Prepositional Sentence; prepositional sentences are used to provide background information and extra detail to a main clause.
Q18: What kind of sentence can join two sentences together?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Compound Sentence
C: Prepositional Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: B: Compound Sentence; a compound sentence is used to join two separate sentences together.
Q19: What type of sentence follows the basic statement-verb-object order?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Analytical Sentence
Answer: A: Declarative Sentence; declarative sentences follow the statement-verb-object order, which is the most basic sentence structure.
Q20: What kind of sentence is usually short and includes a noun and an action verb?
Options:
A: Declarative Sentence
B : Interrogative Sentence
C: Imperative Sentence
D: Exclamatory Sentence
Answer: A: Declarative Sentence; declarative sentences are usually short and include a noun and an action verb.
