CBSE Class 6 English Sentences Declarative and Interrogative Worksheet

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a punctuation mark. Different kinds of sentences have different purposes.

A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period.

Last summer I went on a long trip.

An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question mark.

Where did you go on your vacation?

• Exercise 1 Insert a period if the sentence is declarative. Insert a question mark if it is interrogative.

My family and I went to Alaska .

1. Have you ever been that far north ?

2. Alaska is a wonderful and wild state .

3. Isn’t it the largest state in the union ?

4. Was the weather hotter than you expected ?

5. Some days were so warm that I wore shorts .

6. In some parts of Alaska, the sun never sets in summer .

7. Summers in Alaska don’t last very long .

8. Are Alaskan winters as cold as they say ?

9. The ground under much of Alaska is permanently frozen .

10. How can animals live in such a cold climate ?

11. All the animals in Alaska are equipped for the cold .

12. Did you see any bears in Alaska ?

13. We saw a lot of brown bears at Katmai National Monument .

14. Male brown bears can be as tall as ten feet .

15. Can an animal that big move very fast ?

16. A brown bear can run as fast as twenty-five miles per hour .

17. Do you think you’d be afraid of a brown bear ?

18. Did you know that the highest mountain in North America is in Alaska ?

19. The mountain is called Denali .

20. What does Denali mean ?

21. Denali is a Native American word that means “the great one” .

22. At one time only Native Americans lived in Alaska .

23. Who were the first white settlers in Alaska ?

24. Russians built a settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784 .

25. Why did the Russians want to settle in Alaska ?

26. They went there to look for furs .

27. Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 .

28. How much did the United States pay for Alaska ?

29. Alaska cost the United States $7.2 million .

30. Does that seem like a lot of money to you ?

31. When did Americans begin going to Alaska ?

32. Americans began going to Alaska during the 1890s and 1900s .

33. They went there to look for gold .

34. Large amounts of “black gold” were discovered in Alaska in 1968 .

35. What is “black gold” ?

36. “Black gold” is another name for oil .

37. Alaska also has coal, platinum, copper, and uranium .

38. Did you take many pictures during your trip ?

39. I took a great shot of an eagle catching a salmon .

40. Do you want to see some other pictures I took ?