Questions Please
About the Questions Please Lesson
Summary
A review lesson about questions and statements.
Objectives
• to review the format of questions and the use of question marks;
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to review the format of statements and the use of periods;
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to review basic rules about capitalization and end punctuation.
Suggested Grades
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
Excerpt
You have learned that a sentence must make complete sense. Some sentences are telling sentences, or statements. They tell something or state a fact. Other sentences ask something. They are called asking sentences, or simply questions.
? The ice cream is blue with cherries. (Telling sentence)
? Why is the ice cream blue? (Asking sentence)
Asking sentences usually begin with a word that asks a question. There are many words that can begin asking sentences. Some of the most common asking words are :
who, what, when, where, why, and how
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