Questions and Answers on Sentence Types and Structures
Question 1 : What are the four basic sentence types?
Answer : The four basic sentence types are: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
Question 2 : Which sentence type would one use to give a command?
Answer : A command is issued in the form of an imperative sentence.
Question 3 : Why are speakers and writers allowed to use any of several alternative word orders when constructing a sentence?
Answer : Alternate word orders satisfy the brain’s craving for novelty and change.
Question 4 : In most interrogative sentences, how are the subject and verb positioned?
Answer : In most interrogative sentences, the subject and verb are inverted.
Question 5 : Is the subject of an imperative sentence missing if it is not expressed?
Answer : No, the subject is implied or understood.
Question 6 : Is it possible to diagram an understood subject?
Answer : Yes. Place the understood subject in parentheses in the subject slot of the diagram.
Question 7 : What basic sentence structure does the sentence “You can call me Bruce” use?
Answer : The sentence uses the subject-verb-direct-object complement (S-V-dO-OC) sentence structure.
Question 8 : Can a noun in direct address be the subject of a sentence?
Answer : No, such nouns are independent elements.
Question 9 : What is a dummy element?
Answer : A dummy element fills the place of a delayed subject.
Question 10 : Why would we delay a subject?
Answer : We would delay a subject to create a smoother construction.