Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 8 of 11
Kinds of Sentences
Tell, ask, command and shout
What your child practises
Knowing a telling sentence from a question, a command and an exclamation, choosing the end mark, and seeing sentences with two ideas joined.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Begin sentences with a capital letter, and end them with a period, a question mark, or an exclamation mark. · telling, asking and exclamation sentences and their end marks
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which one shows a big feeling?
- It is a day.
- What a great day!
- What day is it?
Show answer
What a great day!
Hint: An exclamation shows a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark (!).
Question 2
Which one is a question?
- My hat is red.
- Where is my hat?
- Put on your hat.
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Where is my hat?
Hint: A question asks something and ends with a question mark (?).
Question 3
Which one shows a big feeling?
- Wow, that is huge!
- That is big.
- Is that big?
Show answer
Wow, that is huge!
Hint: An exclamation shows a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark (!).
Question 4
Which mark ends this sentence? What is your name
- !
- ?
- .
Show answer
?
Hint: A question ends with a question mark.
Question 5
Which mark ends this sentence? The bus is late
- !
- ?
- .
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.
Hint: A telling sentence ends with a period.
Question 6
Which one tells you to do something?
- Pick up your toys.
- Do you have toys?
- The toys are fun.
Show answer
Pick up your toys.
Hint: A command tells someone what to do.