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Telling Parts of Sentences
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Review and Final Check Quiz
1.
What is the telling part of “The kite flies high.”?
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high
flies high
The kite flies
The kite
2.
Which words are the telling part of “My brother washed the cup.”?
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My brother
the cup
washed
washed the cup
3.
The telling part tells who or what the sentence is about.
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True
False
4.
A telling part can be more than one word.
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True
False
5.
Older students call the telling part the ____ .
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Older students call the telling part the
.
6.
In the sentence “Leo claps.” the telling part is ____ .
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In the sentence "Leo claps." the telling part is
.
7.
Choose the two groups of words that are missing a telling part.
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The soft grey kitten.
The rain fell all night.
My two front teeth.
Ava waits by the door.
8.
In “My hands are cold.” which words are the telling part?
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cold
My hands
are cold
hands are cold
9.
Which telling part makes sense in “Six ducks ____.”?
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float on the pond
is a good book
melts in the sun
ticks loudly every hour
10.
Leo says the telling part of “My dog chased the ball.” is “the ball”. Why is he wrong?
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He is right and that answer should be counted as correct.
The telling part starts at the word that tells what happens.
The telling part of that sentence is really the word my dog.
The ball cannot be part of a telling part in any sentence at all.
11.
What is missing from “The three loud birds”?
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a capital letter at the front of the first word
nothing is missing
words that tell what the birds do
words that tell who or what
12.
Why does a sentence need a telling part?
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So the reader finds out what happens.
So the reader knows who the sentence is about.
So the sentence can start with a capital letter.
So the sentence has enough words in it to sound long.
