CSEET · Business Communication · Essentials of Good English
Identify the type of sentence: 'Submit the quarterly report before Friday.'
The sentence is imperative because it gives a direct instruction to submit a report, with the subject 'you' understood. It does not state a fact, ask a question or express strong emotion, so declarative, interrogative and exclamatory are wrong.
- AInterrogative
- BImperativeCorrect
- CExclamatory
- DDeclarative
Explanation
The sentence gives an instruction or command, with the subject 'you' understood. That makes it imperative. A declarative sentence would state a fact, and an interrogative one would ask a question.
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