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Telling Sentences and Periods
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Review and Final Check Quiz
1.
Which of these is a telling sentence?
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Did you feed the cat this morning?
The snow melted by noon.
Where are my boots?
How many are left?
2.
Which one has both marks right?
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The soup is hot.
The soup is hot
the soup is hot.
The Soup Is Hot.
3.
A telling sentence ends with a period.
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True
False
4.
A sentence that asks something is a telling sentence.
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True
False
5.
A sentence that tells something is called a ____ sentence.
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A sentence that tells something is called a
sentence.
6.
Two whole ideas need two ____ .
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Two whole ideas need two
.
7.
Choose the two telling sentences.
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My grandma sent a letter in the mail.
Do you want to come along with us later?
The bread is warm from the oven.
When does the bus get here?
8.
Where does the period go in “six ducks swim in the pond”?
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after the word pond
after the word six
after the word ducks
after the word swim
9.
Which choice fixes “the phone rang I answered it”?
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The phone rang I answered it.
The phone rang I. Answered it.
The phone. Rang I answered it.
The phone rang. I answered it.
10.
Leo wrote “My Cat Sleeps All Day.” He says every important word needs a capital letter. Why is he wrong?
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Only the first word of the sentence gets a capital letter.
He should have used a question mark at the end of it instead.
The sentence is missing its naming part and its telling part.
None of the words in that sentence should have a capital letter.
11.
Why does a telling sentence need a period?
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It tells the reader that a question is coming next.
It shows the reader that the idea is finished.
It shows the reader where to stop and take a breath.
It makes the sentence look longer on the page.
