--- title: Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations — how Mova does on the tests · Language description: Lesson 7 of the language course of Mova's primary school: 2 of 11 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/) / 7 # Kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands, exclamations **Tests:** 2 of 11 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 6 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72` Lesson 7 of the language course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/). Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/). ### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1} Your mate goes "'Run!' ain't a sentence, it's one word, mate." What's the best reply? - **1.** He's right, sentences need five words — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It's a full command; the "you" is understood — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** It's a noun, not a sentence — no support - **4.** He's right, sentences need a subject written — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t1/) ### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2} Your teacher asks "Would you like to tidy up now?" You say "Nah" and keep playing. What went wrong? - **1.** The teacher asked about the future — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** "Nah" is not an English word — no support - **3.** Nothing, you answered the teacher's question honestly — no support - **4.** It was a polite request, not a real question — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t2/) ### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3} A Gen Z cousin texts "omw" ("on my way") and her mum replies "is that a question?" Is it? - **1.** Yes, every text message counts as a question — no support - **2.** No, it's a command to come — no support - **3.** Yes, it asks if she should come — **← Mova's choice** · score 6 - **4.** No, it's a statement telling her she's coming — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «English has four kinds of sentence: a statement tells (The cake is huge.), a question asks (What is that cake?), a command tells someone to do something (Eat t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «ask» (+4); the same doer «question» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t3/) ### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4} Your Irish auntie says "Would you ever pass the salt, love?" What should you do? - **1.** Explain where the salt is — no support - **2.** Ask what "ever" means first — score 9 - **3.** Pass the salt — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** Say "maybe one day" — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 **Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 4 with score 10, against 9 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 8: «A command tells someone to do something; its verb form is called the imperative, and the "you" is understood, not said.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same action «tell» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t4/) ### Test 5 · ★ · right ✓ {#t5} What would happen if English had no question marks or rising voices? - **1.** Every sentence would become a command — score 0 - **2.** Nobody could ask anything at all — no support - **3.** Nothing, we'd still always know which ones were questions — no support - **4.** Questions and statements would be easy to mix up — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4 **Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «English has four kinds of sentence: a statement tells (The cake is huge.), a question asks (What is that cake?), a command tells someone to do something (Eat t…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same doer «statement» (+4). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t5/) ### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6} A boomer neighbour reads "Shoes must be worn" at the pool shop and says "but I've got no shoes in my bag, bummer." ("Bummer" means what a pain.) What's the sensible reading? - **1.** You must carry spare shoes in a bag — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** People must wear shoes in the shop — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Only shoes can enter the shop — no support - **4.** Shoes are for sale and must be bought — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t6/) ### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7} In a game, an NPC (a computer character) says "What a brave hero you are!" A player says "it asked me a question." Is that right? - **1.** No, it's a command to be brave — **← Mova's choice** · score 10 - **2.** Yes, it starts with "What" — score 8 - **3.** No, it's an exclamation showing feeling — **✓ the right answer** · score 10 - **4.** Yes, it wants a yes or no — score 8 **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 10, tied with another option at 10 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «English has four kinds of sentence: a statement tells (The cake is huge.), a question asks (What is that cake?), a command tells someone to do something (Eat t…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+6); the same doer «question» (+4). The right option, 3, scored 10. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t7/) ### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8} Your Kiwi mate asks "Want to come to the beach? We'll grab jandals." You reply "Yeah nah." ("Jandals" are flip-flops.) What did you say? - **1.** Bring jandals for me — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** No, softly — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **3.** Ask me again later — no support - **4.** Yes, definitely — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t8/) ### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9} Lily writes "Can I have a biscuit." What is missing? - **1.** An exclamation mark straight after the word "I" — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** Nothing, it's correct — no support - **3.** A question mark instead of the full stop — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** A capital B for biscuit — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t9/) ### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10} In a cartoon, a pirate growls "Walk the plank, ye scallywag." ("Ye" is old "you", a scallywag is a rascal.) What kind of sentence is it? - **1.** A command — **✓ the right answer** · score 4 - **2.** A question — **← Mova's choice** · score 5 - **3.** A statement about planks — score 5 - **4.** An exclamation of joy — no support **Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 1: «English has four kinds of sentence: a statement tells (The cake is huge.), a question asks (What is that cake?), a command tells someone to do something (Eat t…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «question» (+2). The right option, 1, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t10/) ### Test 11 · ★ · right ✓ {#t11} Your brother says "every sentence starting with 'what' is a question, easy." Which sentence proves him wrong? - **1.** What a mess! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** What is your name? — no support - **3.** What did you eat? — no support - **4.** What time is it? — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/t11/) ### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1} Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an imperative sentence? - **1.** A sentence directing the addressee to perform an action, the subject being understood — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support - **2.** A sentence soliciting information from the addressee — no support - **3.** A sentence recording a fact in the past tense — no support - **4.** A sentence expressing an emotion without direction — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e1/) ### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2} Identify the principal reason for which the utterance "Would you mind closing the window?" does not ordinarily require the answer "yes" or "no". - **1.** It is addressed to no particular person — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It is grammatically defective and therefore meaningless — no support - **3.** It functions as a courteous request for the performance of an action — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It constitutes a statement concerning the weather — no support **Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e2/) ### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3} Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "yeah nah" in Australian and New Zealand English. - **1.** It signifies an inability to hear the speaker — **← Mova's choice** · no support - **2.** It ordinarily signifies an enthusiastic acceptance — no support - **3.** It ordinarily signifies a courteous refusal — **✓ the right answer** · no support - **4.** It is devoid of meaning in all contexts — no support **Why:** Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e3/) ### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4} Given the notice "Dogs must be carried on the escalator", ascertain the interpretation most consistent with common sense. - **1.** The escalator is reserved exclusively for dogs — no support - **2.** Every person is required to carry a dog upon the escalator — **← Mova's choice** · score 8 - **3.** Dogs are required to carry their owners — no support - **4.** Persons accompanied by a dog are required to carry it upon the escalator — **✓ the right answer** · no support **Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 7, line 15: «Signs leave words out, so we read them with common sense: "Dogs must be carried" means "if you have a dog, carry it".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «carry» (+4); the same thing acted on «dogs» (+4). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/7-kinds-of-sentences/e4/) - ← previous: [6. Prepositions and conjunctions: little words that…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/6-prepositions-and-conjunctions/) - next →: [8. Tenses: past, present and future](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/8-tenses-past-present-future/) - ↑ back to [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/language/)