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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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The snow melted by noon.
Did you feed the cat this morning?
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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The bread is warm from the oven.
Do you want to come along with us later?
When does the bus get here?
My grandma sent a letter in the mail.
8.
Where does the period go in “six ducks swim in the pond”?
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after the word ducks
after the word six
after the word swim
after the word pond
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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None of the words in that sentence should have a capital letter.
The sentence is missing its naming part and its telling part.
He should have used a question mark at the end of it instead.
Only the first word of the sentence gets a capital letter.
11.
Why does a telling sentence need a period?
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It shows the reader where to stop and take a breath.
It makes the sentence look longer on the page.
It tells the reader that a question is coming next.
It shows the reader that the idea is finished.
