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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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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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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Sentences

Date

TEST

Grammar

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Read each sentence. Write whether it is meant to be a statement, a question, a command, or an exclamation. Then rewrite the sentence so that its end marks and capitalization are correct.

1.

Why must my mother stay in the mountains

2.

command

take all the older people away

3.

statement

they cannot work any longer

4.

What a terror Lord Higa is

5.

Is there nothing for us to do

6.

question

when will we ever have a kind lord

7.

bring me the answers now

8.

lord, I have brought you the answers

9.

How could a poor farmer solve the puzzle

10.

how cleverly the woman has saved us

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