McGRAW-HILL READING Grammar - Elida High School

McGRAW-HILL READING

Grammar

Grade 5

Practice Book

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Sentences

Date

LEARN

Grammar

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? A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.

? A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

? Every sentence begins with a capital letter.

? A statement is a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period.

? A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark.

Read each group of words. Place a period on the line at the end if it is a sentence. If it is not a sentence, leave the line blank.

1. The village was ruled by a mean lord

2. A young farmer and his aged mother (blank)

3. Could not leave his mother (blank)

4. The farmer hid his mother under his house

.

Place a period on the line at the end of the sentence if it is a statement. Place a

question mark at the end of the sentence if it is a question.

5. Why did the farmer hide his mother

6. Fierce warriors came to the village

7. How would the village survive

8. Lord Higa planned to take over the village

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Grade 5/Unit 1 The Wise Old Woman

Extension: Ask students to write two statements and

two questions about Uchida's story. Have them

discuss which part of the story their sentences

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cover.

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Date

Commands and Exclamations

LEARN AND PRACTICE

Grammar

2

? A command tells or asks someone to do something. It ends with a period.

? An exclamation shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark.

Read each sentence. Place a period on the line at the end of the sentence if it is a command. Place an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence if it is an exclamation.

1. How cruel Lord Higa is

!

2. Follow his instructions

.

3. Make a rope out of ashes

.

4. What an impossible task that would be

!

5. How quickly the villagers go to the shrine

!

6. Finish these tasks before Lord Higa comes

.

7. What fools you people are

!

8. Show me the drum that makes a sound by itself

.

9. How cleverly you have done these tasks

!

10. Wow, what a great reward the young lord has given her

!

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Extension: Invite students to write a brief story (serious

or humorous) about a task that seems impossible.

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Urge them to include two commands and two

exclamations, and remind them to use the correct end

mark in each sentence.

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Sentences

Date

Grammar 3 PRACTICE AND REVIEW

? A statement is a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period.

? A question is a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark.

? A command tells or asks someone to do something. It ends with a period.

? An exclamation shows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation mark.

Read each sentence. On the line at the end of each sentence place a period if it is a statement or command, an exclamation mark if it is an exclamation, or a question mark if it is a question.

1. Take the old people to the mountains

. ; command

2. Why is that young lord so mean

3. How cold it is in the forest

! ; exclamation

4. The farmer hid his mother in a cave

. ; statement

5. What can we do

? ; question

6. Please pray for help

. ; command

7. The farmer's mother has completed the tasks

. ; statement

8. What a great thing she has done for our village

! ; exclamation

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Grade 5/Unit 1 The Wise Old Woman

Extension: Have partners create a dialogue between

the farmer and his mother using at least one of

each type of sentence. Ask them to read it aloud to

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the rest of the class.

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Date

Sentence Punctuation

MECHANICS

Grammar

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? Every sentence begins with a capital letter. ? A statement ends with a period. ? A question ends with a question mark. ? A command ends with a period. ? An exclamation ends with an exclamation point.

Rewrite these sentences correctly by adding a period to a statement or command, a question mark to a question, and an exclamation mark to an exclamation. Make sure each sentence starts with a capital letter.

1. the young lord looked at the three completed tasks

2. how did you solve these puzzles How did you solve these puzzles?

3. what a mistake I have made What a mistake I have made!

4. please take these bags of gold

5. how could anyone destroy such clever people

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Extension: Ask students to choose a television

program that they enjoy. Have them write one

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statement, one question, one command, and one

exclamation about the program.

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