FP: Hi John! What’s on your mind today? JR: Hi Faith! Let’s finish up our lessons on grammar and cars. FP: A quick reminder: in previous lessons we have looked at two sentence types you are likely to hear or use while driving cars. JR: Those are imperative sentences and exclamatory sentences. FP: We use imperatives to give all kinds of instructions when riding in a car. For example, you might say “start the car,” “park the car,” “speed up,” “slow down,” “put on the parking brake,” and so on. JR: You might compare imperative sentences to race cars. Race cars are about speed and quickness. So, they have fewer parts that could weigh them down. FP: Similarly, imperatives are about speed and quickness in communication. Imperatives are reduced to simple elements – the predicate with the base form of the verb. JR: We also explored two kinds of exclamatory statements. Exclamatory sentences suggest colorful emotions. Think of happy statements such as “What a beautiful day!” or angry statements such as “I can’t believe he cut me off!” FP: We might compare exclamatory statements to colorful cars – bright yellow, deep orange, brilliant red. JR: Of course, none of these comparisons are perfect. But they can give you a way to remember ideas about different kinds of sentences. FP: And that’s Everyday Grammar TV.