Recognize a sentence form

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Past verb: went. Highlight: quiet in a quiet room. Join: A and B. Sentence: We went home.
• Primary check: Past verb: ate. Highlight: slowly in ate slowly. Join: small but strong. Sentence: Did we eat?
• An adult may read every direction and answer choice aloud; learners may respond by speaking, pointing or drawing.

Learn the idea

Statements tell, questions ask, commands request actions and exclamations express strong feeling. Their words and ending marks work together.

Read the sentence and name its purpose before checking its punctuation. Use a suitable voice.

Example to read or listen to: Past verb: went. Highlight: quiet in a quiet room. Join: A and B. Sentence: We went home. The answer is statement. The relevant input states: Sentence: We went home. This fits statement. Statements tell, questions ask, commands request actions and exclamations express strong feeling. Their words and ending marks work together. A question mark is for an actual question.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Read the sentence and name its purpose before checking its punctuation. Use a suitable voice.
3. Check the worked solution: statement. The relevant input states: Sentence: We went home. This fits statement. Statements tell, questions ask, commands request actions and exclamations express strong feeling. Their words and ending marks work together. A question mark is for an actual question.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Rewrite: Yesterday I go home. Expected: Yesterday I went home. Add an adjective to home or a nearby noun, an adverb describing went, and a because reason. Write a question about the same event with a question mark. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: Statements tell, questions ask, commands request actions and exclamations express strong feeling. Their words and ending marks work together.

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