Imperatives and exclamatory sentences worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step.

First, we need to understand what imperatives and exclamatory sentences are:

- Imperative sentences give commands or instructions. They often start with a verb (like “Give”, “Listen”, “Make”) and tell someone to do something.
- Exclamatory sentences show strong emotion — surprise, excitement, fear, etc. They usually end with an exclamation mark (!) and may start with words like “What” or “Wow”.

Now let’s look at each sentence in the first part:

1. “Give me a pen.” → This is telling someone to do something → Imperative
2. “What a beautiful dress you wear!” → Shows admiration/emotion → Exclamatory
3. “You scared me!” → Shows surprise/fear → Exclamatory
4. “Listen to the teacher carefully.” → Giving instruction → Imperative
5. “Make me a sandwich.” → Command → Imperative

Now for the second part: choosing correct ending marks (. , !)

Remember:
- Use . for normal statements or polite commands.
- Use ! for strong feelings or urgent commands.
- Don’t use comma (,) as an ending mark — it’s for pauses inside sentences.

So:

1. “Close the door” → It’s a command → can be . or !, but since no strong emotion shown, use .
- But wait — sometimes commands are written with ! if they’re firm. However, in basic grammar exercises, unless there’s emotion, we use .
- Actually, looking at context: this is likely meant to be imperative → so . is safe.

Wait — let’s think again. In many school worksheets, simple commands like “Close the door” are marked with . unless they’re shouted or emotional.

But actually — let’s check standard rules:

→ Imperatives can take either . or ! depending on tone. Since the worksheet doesn’t specify tone, and other examples have clear emotions, we’ll assume neutral tone → use .

BUT — hold on! Let’s compare with question 4: “Wow, that cat is amazing” → definitely needs !

And question 3: “I love that movie” → could be . or ! — but since it’s expressing feeling, maybe !

Actually, let’s re-read the instruction: “Write the correct ending mark. (. , ! )”

It says “correct” — meaning based on meaning and punctuation rules.

Standard rule:
- Statements → .
- Commands → . (unless emphatic)
- Exclamations → !

So:

1. Close the door → command → .
2. Leave the cat outside → command → .
3. I love that movie → statement of feeling → could be . or ! — but since it’s not shouting, probably . — BUT wait, “love” is strong emotion → maybe !? Hmm.

Actually, in elementary grammar, “I love that movie” is often treated as declarative → .

But let’s see example 4: “Wow, that cat is amazing” → clearly exclamatory → !

To avoid confusion, let’s follow common textbook practice:

- If it expresses strong emotion → !
- Otherwise → .

So:

1. Close the door → no emotion → .
2. Leave the cat outside → no emotion → .
3. I love that movie → “love” = strong feeling → !
4. Wow, that cat is amazing → “Wow” + “amazing” → definitely !

Yes, that makes sense.

Final answers:

Part 1:
1. Imperative
2. Exclamatory
3. Exclamatory
4. Imperative
5. Imperative

Part 2:
1. .
2. .
3. !
4. !

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Final Answer:
Part 1:
1. Imperative
2. Exclamatory
3. Exclamatory
4. Imperative
5. Imperative

Part 2:
1. .
2. .
3. !
4. !