Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences

Back Two types of sentences are imperative and exclamatory. Imperative sentences give a command, or tell someone to do something. Imperative sentences can end in a period or an exclamation point. Decide what punctuation mark you want to use based on how strong you want your imperative sentence to be. For example, you would use a period if you're asking someone to pass the butter at dinner, but you would use an exclamation point if you're yelling for someone to get out of the way of a train. Exclamatory sentences exclaim something, or state it in an excited way. Exclamatory sentences end in exclamation points. Imperative sentences: Go to your room! Please pass the rolls. Watch out! Sit down. Please take your seat. Exclamatory sentences: I love kittens! What a beautiful day! How wonderful you look! I'm excited to see you! What a bad smell!