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    This document provides a lesson on declarative and interrogative sentences: 1. It defines declarative sentences as statements that tell something and end with a period, while interrogative sentences ask questions and end with a question mark. 2. Students are asked to identify sentences as declarative or interrogative and add the proper end punctuation. 3. The document also has students change sentences from declarative to interrogative and vice versa.

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    This document provides a lesson on declarative and interrogative sentences: 1. It defines declarative sentences as statements that tell something and end with a period, while interrogative sentences ask questions and end with a question mark. 2. Students are asked to identify sentences as declarative or interrogative and add the proper end punctuation. 3. The document also has students change sentences from declarative to interrogative and vice versa.

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    The passage discusses declarative and interrogative sentences and gives examples of each. It also tells a story about a girl named Opal who adopts a dog after moving to a new place.

    Opal spent a lot of time in the library and made friends with the librarian.

    A bear walked through the open door of the library. The librarian may have told the children a tall tale about what happened.

    Because of Winn-Dixie

    Name
    DEVELOP THE CONCEPT
    PROOFREAD

    Declarative and Interrogative Sentences


    A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence
    begins with a capital letter. A sentence that tells something is a declarative
    sentence. A declarative sentence ends with a period. A sentence that asks a
    question is an interrogative sentence. An interrogative sentence ends with a
    question mark.
    Declarative Sentence Florida was once a wild place.
    Interrogative Sentence Have you ever seen a bear?

    Directions Read each sentence and add the correct end punctuation. Then write
    whether each sentence is declarative or interrogative.
    1. In the old days, many people lived on farms .
    declarative
    2. Wild animals roamed through the forests .
    declarative
    3. Were the woods full of bears in those days ?

    interrogative
    Directions Change each sentence to the kind named in ( ). Write the new sentence.
    4. Grandpa likes telling stories. (interrogative)

    Does Grandpa like telling stories?


    5. Are his stories always true? (declarative)

    His stories are always true.


    © Pearson Education

    Home Activity Your child learned about declarative and interrogative sentences. Have your child write
    two declarative and two interrogative sentences about something he or she did today.

    Grammar and Writing Practice Book Unit 1 Week 1 Day 2 1


    Because of Winn-Dixie
    Name
    APPLY TO WRITING

    Declarative and Interrogative Sentences


    Directions Read the interrogative sentences. Then use your own ideas to write a
    declarative sentence that answers each question. Possible answers:

    1. Question Why is it hard to move to a new place?

    Answer You don’t have any friends in a new place.


    2. Question Where would be a good place to make new friends?

    Answer You can make friends at school.


    3. Question What kind of pet might make a good friend?

    Answer A dog might be a good friend.


    4. Question: What is a good way to make friends? You can ask people

    Answer if they want to play with you.

    Directions Read the answers in the interview with Opal from Because of Winn-Dixie.
    Then write the questions you think she might be answering. Possible answers:

    5. Question How did you feel when you first moved


    to Florida?
    Answer At first I felt really lonely.

    6. Question Did you have any friends?


    Answer No, I didn’t know anyone.

    7. Question What did you do?


    Answer I spent a lot of time in the library.
    © Pearson Education

    Home Activity Your child learned how to use declarative and interrogative sentences in writing. Have
    your child ask a member of the family three questions and write down the questions and answers in
    interview form.

    2 Unit 1 Week 1 Day 3 Grammar and Writing Practice Book


    Because of Winn-Dixie
    Name
    TESTPROOFREAD
    PREPARATION

    Declarative and Interrogative Sentences


    Directions For each item, mark the letter of the word or the word and punctuation
    mark that complete each sentence.
    1. You have to be quiet in a 3. get a library card?
    A library A Can I
    B library? B I can
    C library. C I can?
    D Library D can I
    2. many books did you get? 4. Do you like adventure
    A Who A stories.
    B how B stories
    C How? C stories?
    D How D Stories

    Directions For each item, mark the letter of the declarative or interrogative sentence
    that is correctly written.
    5. A Are pets allowed in the library. 8. A Why is his name Winn-Dixie.
    B I’ll leave my dog outside? B Isn’t that the name of a store.
    C he is very well behaved. C It’s a funny name for a dog.
    D Do I hear him barking? D Does he know his name.
    6. A Our dog can shake hands 9. A Was your dog a stray?
    B Does he come when you call. B a stray has no home.
    C can he catch a ball? C Can I adopt one.
    D I’m teaching him to sit. D Where did he come from.
    7. A The pound has many animals 10. A Dogs are fun
    B Are they all puppies. B They make good friends.
    C Would you like one as a pet? C Dogs are part of the family?
    D some ran away from home? D do you have a dog?
    © Pearson Education

    Home Activity Your child prepared for taking tests on declarative and interrogative sentences. Say
    declarative or interrogative and have your child say a sentence of the correct kind.

    Grammar and Writing Practice Book Unit 1 Week 1 Day 4 3


    Because of Winn-Dixie
    Name
    CUMULATIVE REVIEW

    Declarative and Interrogative Sentences


    Directions Write D if the sentence is declarative. Write I if the sentence is interrogative.
    1. Opal loved to visit the library. D
    2. What did her dog do? I
    3. Did Opal have any friends? I
    4. She made friends with the librarian. D
    Directions Make each word group into a sentence by writing it with correct
    capitalization and punctuation. Write D if the sentence is declarative. Write I if the
    sentence is interrogative.
    5. a bear once visited the library
    A bear once visited the library. D
    6. it walked through the open door
    It walked through the open door. D
    7. what did the librarian do
    What did the librarian do? I
    8. would you have run away
    Would you have run away? I
    Directions Change each sentence to the kind named in ( ). Write the new sentence.
    9. The dog looks like a bear. (interrogative)
    Does the dog look like a bear?
    10. Are bears dangerous? (declarative)
    Bears are dangerous.
    11. An amazing story is called a tall tale. (interrogative)
    Is an amazing story called a tall tale?
    © Pearson Education

    12. Did the librarian tell a tall tale? (declarative)


    The librarian told a tall tale.

    Home Activity Your child reviewed declarative and interrogative sentences. Read a newspaper article
    together. Have your child identify declarative and interrogative sentences in the article.

    4 Unit 1 Week 1 Day 5 Grammar and Writing Practice Book

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