Question

Pick the option that best describes the nature of a Declarative/Assertive Sentence:

• A. It declares an action or states an opinion.
• B. It expresses a command or makes a request.
• C. It expresses an extreme emotion of happiness, anger or excitement.
• D. It intends to ask a question.

Answer 1

The correct option is A It declares an action or states an opinion.

Sentences are mainly divided into four types: declarative, imperative, interrogative and exclamatory. Declarative sentences merely declare or state something, imperative sentences express a command, an order or a request, interrogative sentences intend to ask a question and exclamatory sentences display extreme or sudden emotion. Using this explanation, option A is correct and the rest of the options are incorrect.