McGRAW-HILL READING Grammar

1 GrammarGrade 4 Practice BookMcGRAW-HILL READING1 GrammarLEARN A sentenceis a group of words that expresses a complete thought. A sentence fragmentis a group of words that does not express a completethought. Every sentence begins with a capital letter. A statementis a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period. A questionis a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark. Decide if each group of words makes a sentence. If it does, rewrite thesentence adding a capital letter and a period or a question mark. was too hot and Luke left in the they hiked to Lost went up the trail mountain that no one else knew they find a new "lost lake" McGRAW-HILL School DivisionSentences6 Extension:Have students write two statements andtwo questions about an outdoor 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake1 NameDateMcGraw-Hill School Division2 NameDateGrammar6 Book 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake2 LEARN & PRACTICET ypes of SentencesExtension: Have students think of a special place.

2 Then havethem write a statement, a question , a command, and anexclamation about it. A statementis a sentence that tells something. It ends with a period. A questionis a sentence that asks something. It ends with a question mark. A commandtells or asks someone to do something. It ends with a period. An exclamationshows strong feeling. It ends with an exclamation statementif the sentence tells something. Write questionif thesentence asks something. Write commandif the sentence tells or askssomeone to do something. Write exclamationif the sentence showsstrong feeling. Then put the correct end mark at the end of each and Luke hiked to Lost did they find when they got your pack on and let s wanted to camp by the out for did they find their special lakeMcGraw-Hill School DivisionRewrite each sentence.

3 Correct the sentence capitalization andpunctuation. you ever hiked in the to imagine what it would be like? t it be great to sleep on your hiking boots? s hit the trail? can reach the lake by we make camp on the love the Sentences8 Extension: Have pairs of students choose a subjectand take turns making up sentences about it. Aftereach sentence, the student who is listening tellswhat kind of sentence it 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake3 PRACTICE AND REVIEWMcGraw-Hill School DivisionUsing Capital Letters and End Marks8 Extension: Have pairs of students look through booksand magazines for examples of statements,questions, commands, and exclamations and copy anexample of 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake4 Every sentence begins with a capital letter.

4 A statementends with a period. A questionends with a question mark. A commandends with a period. An exclamationends with an exclamation each sentence by changing any incorrect lower case letters tocapital letters and by adding the correct end mark. Use the line providedfor your lake was high in the mountains long did it take them to find it wasn t the lake Dad remembered was too crowded would never stay there kept hiking until they found a special place was he different in the mountains the things he did NameDate4 GrammarMECHANICST .H ?I !D !W ?R . McGRAW-HILL School DivisionKinds of if the sentence is a statement, a question , a command, or anexclamation.

5 Write what type of sentence it is, and add the correct endmark on the was staying with his Dad did he do all day about hiking would you like to go sounds wonderful the correct punctuation to each of these ll take a hiking trip in the mountains wake up and discover a lake you think that would be exciting d love to discover a lake I name it after myself 10 Book 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake5 NameDate5 GrammarTESTMcGraw-Hill School DivisionSentences and Punctuation Marks5 Book 4 / Unit 1 The Lost Lake6 A statementis a sentence that tells something. A questionis a sentence that asks something.

6 A commandtells or asks someone to do something. An exclamationshows strong Begin every sentence 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 each sentence correctly. did we wake up early are going camping was a long hike to the lake found it there many people NameDate6 GrammarMORE PRACTICEMcGraw-Hill School DivisionSentence Subjects Remind students that the subject of a sentence tells whom or what thesentence is about. The complete subjectincludes all the words in the subject.

7 The simple subjectis the main word in the complete subject. It tells exactlywhom or what the sentence is about. You can sometimes correct a sentence fragment by adding a these sentence fragments into complete sentences by adding asubject. to hard to work too a place to come home an accidental through a at the end of the name tags to full of Amelia-things 8 Extension: Ask students to write sentences. Thenhave them exchange sentences with a partner andunderline all the words that make up the subject. Book 4 / Unit 1 Amelia s Road7 NameDate7 GrammarLEARNMcGraw-Hill School DivisionSentence Predicates6 Extension:Ask students to write sentences.

8 Then havethem exchange sentences with a partner andunderline all the words that make up the 4 / Unit 1 Amelia s Road8 Remind students that the predicate of a sentence tells what the subjectdoes or is. The complete predicateincludes all the words in the predicate. The simple predicateis the main word in the complete predicate. It tellsexactly what the subject does or is. You can sometimes correct a sentence fragment by adding a these fragments into complete sentences by adding a in Amelia s the white house with blue old shade s accidental the new children in classNameDate8 GrammarLEARN AND PRACTICEMcGraw-Hill School DivisionWrite Complete Sentences The subjectof a sentence tells whom or what the sentence is about.

9 The predicateof a sentence tells what the subject does or each sentence fragment. Then tell if you added a subject or apredicate. and her family felt sleepy a picture of a pretty white house in the class for joy in the quiet meadow narrow, rocky footpath 6 Extension: Have students write the subject of asentence and have a partner add a predicate tocomplete the 4 / Unit 1 Amelia s Road9 NameDate9 GrammarPRACTICE AND REVIEWMcGraw-Hill School DivisionSentence Punctuation8 Extension: Have pairs of students take turns writinggroups of words. The other partner must decide if thewords are a sentence or a sentence fragment.

10 If thewords are a sentence fragment, the partner shouldadd a subject or a predicate to complete 4 / Unit 1 Amelia s Road10 A sentence begins with a capital letter. Sentences that make statements end with each group of words. If the words are a complete sentence, write acapital letter at the beginning and put a period at the that led to strange pick peaches in June neat white house with blue family followed the harvest they picked apples teacher never learned her name rocky path through the old metal box was dented NameDate10 GrammarMECHANICSMcGraw-Hill School a picture of a white house awith blue shuttersbAmeliacwith a yard din Ramos aAmelia s teacherbher teacher last yearcat schooldwelcomed the new up at dawn aAmelia s whole familybpicking applescbefore school starteddstill accidental road aa