Declarative sentence: Makes a statement or expresses a fact or opinion and ends with a period.
Example: The sky is blue.
Interrogative sentence: Asks a question and ends with a question mark.
Example: What time is it?
Imperative sentence: Gives a command or makes a request and can end with a period or an exclamation mark.
Example: Please pass the salt. or Stop!
Exclamatory sentence: Expresses strong emotion or excitement and ends with an exclamation mark.
Example: What a beautiful day!
Sentence types by structure:
These sentences are classified based on their clauses.
Simple sentence: Contains one independent clause.
Example: The dog barked loudly.
Compound sentence: Contains two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Example: The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away.
Complex sentence: Contains one independent clause and at least one subordinate clause.
Example: Because the dog barked, the cat ran away.
Compound-complex sentence: Contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
Example: Because the dog barked, the cat ran away, and the bird flew off.