Interactive Guide Grade 3

Third Grade Core Subjects : : Grammar & Composition (Language of God, Level B: Sample Lesson)

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Sentences that Command Telling sentences are called statements , and end with a period. Asking sentences are called questions , and end with a question mark. Commanding sentences tell you to do something. Commanding sen tences also end with a period. When you use commanding sentences, it is often polite to begin with Please . Both are commands, but which one is more polite? How do you think the Child Jesus might have spoken to His Mother? The Holy Family’s speech was cheerful and polite. Our speech can bring cheer and happiness to our homes, too. Put a ‘C’ in the blank if the sentence is a command, a ‘T’ for telling sentences, and a ‘Q’ for questions. Then put the correct mark at the end of each sentence. A. Get my basketball. Please get my basketball.

____ 1. Mom, I can help clean the fishbowl

____2. Please feed the goldfish

____3. Where is the baby

____4. Please get the baby

____5. Wipe his hands well

____6. Please find the rest of the goldfish

____7. Did you check the baby’s pockets

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