ASKING SENTENCES

AND
TELLING SENTENCES

ENGLISH 3
JENNYLYN A. ARQUERO
Teacher I

WHAT IS A SENTENCE?

A sentence is a group of words

that expresses a complete
thought. It ends with a
punctuation mark.

Sometimes a sentence asks

about something . Sometimes a
sentence tells about something.

HERE ARE TWO SENTENCES

ABOUT STONE SOUP.

Who went
from village to
village?

The traveller
went from
village to
village.

HERE ARE TWO SENTENCES

FROM BELLING THE CAT

Who were
afraid of Pat
the Cat?

The mice
were afraid of
Pat the Cat.

REMEMBER:

A sentence that
asks a question is
called an Asking
Sentence.
An asking
sentence ends
with a question
mark. ( ? )

A sentence that
tells about
something is
called a Telling
Sentence.
A telling sentence
ends with a
period. ( . )

WHAT IS THIS?

JUG

Now I can pour the water from the jug to a cup. I can also
pour water into a mug.

Let us read the following words:

jug

cup

mug

What is the vowel in the middle of the

words in the column?
Lets sound out the vowel
Say

ug.

/u/.

Read:
- ug -um
bug
dug
hug
jug
mug
pug
rug
tug

bum
gum
hum
mum
rum
sum

-un
bun
fun
gun
nun
run
sun

-ub

-ud

cub
cup
rub
pup
tub
sup

bud
cud
Jud
mud
sud

-up

PHRASES:

a bug on a rug
under the sun
run and play
a cup, a mug and a jug
my sons Jud and Hud
a cub in the tub

SENTENCES:

Is there water in the jug?

The nun is under the sun.
Judson, the cop, has a
gun.
A cub dug a hole in the
mud.