1st grade · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 13
Kinds of Sentences
Tell, ask, command and shout
What your child practices
Knowing a telling sentence from a question, a command and an exclamation, choosing the end mark, and seeing sentences with two ideas joined.
Arizona Academic Standards learning standard: 1.L.1; 1.L.2 · telling, asking and exclaiming sentences
How we explain it
Children can open this short lesson before they practice.
- A telling sentence ends with a period.
- A question asks something and ends with ?
- A command tells you to do something. A big feeling ends with !
Example: Which tells you to do something? “Line up at the door.” or “I like the door.” A command gives a job to do. “Line up” tells you what to do. Answer: Line up at the door.
Kinds of Sentences in Arizona
In the Arizona Academic Standards, this is unit 10 of 13 in 1st grade English Language Arts, after More Than One and before Think It Through.
Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.
- 1st grade guide for Arizona parents
- Printable 1st grade English Language Arts sheet
- Arizona report cards explained
Source: Arizona Department of Education
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which one is one sentence with two ideas joined?
- I like dogs and I like cats.
- Like cats.
- I like dogs.
I like dogs and I like cats.
Hint: A joined sentence has two ideas connected by a word like and.
Question 2
Which mark ends this sentence? What is your name
- .
- ?
- !
?
Hint: A question ends with a question mark.
Question 3
Which mark ends this sentence? The bus is late
- ?
- !
- .
.
Hint: A telling sentence ends with a period.
Question 4
Which one is one sentence with two ideas joined?
- I can run.
- Jump high.
- I can run, and I can jump.
I can run, and I can jump.
Hint: A joined sentence has two ideas connected by a word like and.
Question 5
Which one shows a big feeling?
- What day is it?
- What a great day!
- It is a day.
What a great day!
Hint: An exclamation shows a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark (!).
Question 6
Which one tells you to do something?
- Line up at the door.
- Is this the line?
- The line is long.
Line up at the door.
Hint: A command tells someone what to do.