Question

Choose the answer option that identifies each of the sentences as a simple sentence or a compound sentence and also classifies the sentence as a declarative, imperative, interrogative, or exclamatory sentence. The correct answer option will also identify the correct end mark of punctuation for the sentence.

My friends and I climbed aboard a canal boat and explored it

Answer 1

It is declarative because it makes a statement. The correct end mark of punctuation for this sentence is a period.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "My friends and I climbed aboard a canal boat and explored it" is a compound sentence and it is declarative.

It is compound because it consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and":

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence "My friends and I climbed aboard a canal boat and explored it" is a compound sentence and it is declarative.

It is compound because it consists of two independent clauses joined by the coordinating conjunction "and":

1. "My friends and I climbed aboard a canal boat"

2. "explored it"

It is declarative because it makes a statement. The correct end mark of punctuation for this sentence is a period.