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Dumpling Day: Capitals and End Marks

Grade 1 sentence practice: read a story about making dumplings, find first words and end marks, and fix sentences that are missing a part.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toRF.1.1.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students find the first word and the end mark of sentences in a story.
  • Students tell when a sentence is missing its capital letter or the right end mark.

How to use

Read the story aloud while students point to each capital letter and end mark. Then let them answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

RF.1.1.a

Recognize the features of a sentence, such as its first word, its capital letter, and its end punctuation.

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Dumpling Day: Capitals and End Marks

Find where each sentence starts and ends.

Read the story

Read the story. Look at how each sentence starts and how it ends.

Dumpling Day

1Mei and Grandma make dumplings today. Grandma rolls the dough flat. Then Mei cuts it into little circles. What will they put inside? They mix cabbage and carrots in a bowl. Mei puts a spoonful on each circle.

2Grandma shows Mei how to fold a dumpling. She pinches the edges shut. Mei tries one, and the dough tears! Grandma helps Mei patch the hole. Soon the water in the pot bubbles. Are the dumplings ready yet? Yes, they float to the top! Mei and Grandma eat them hot.

Sentences in the story

Look back at the story to answer each question.

1.
How many question marks (?) are in the whole story? Write the number.

The story has   question marks.

2.
Read paragraph 1. Write the first word of the third sentence.

First word of the third sentence:  

3.
Read this sentence from paragraph 1. Why does it end with a question mark?
What will they put inside?
  • A. It tells a fact.
  • B. It shows a big feeling.
  • C. It asks something.
  • D. It is the last sentence.
4.
Read paragraph 2. Find the word tears. Write the end mark that comes right after it.

The end mark after tears is  

Help Mei fix her sentences

Mei wrote about Dumpling Day. Some of her sentences have mistakes. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with an end mark.

5.
Mei wrote this sentence. What does it need?
grandma has a big pot.
  • A. a period at the end
  • B. a capital letter at the start
  • C. a question mark at the end
  • D. a capital letter on pot
6.
Mei wrote this sentence. What does it need?
The dumplings are hot
  • A. a capital letter at the start
  • B. a capital letter on hot
  • C. a comma after The
  • D. an end mark at the end
7.
Mei wants to ask a question. What should she change?
Do you like dumplings.
  • A. Put a question mark at the end.
  • B. Start with a small letter d.
  • C. Add a capital letter to like.
  • D. Put a period after the word you.
8.
Each sentence is missing one thing. Sort the sentences by what they need.
We wash our handsthe pot is big.grandma ties her apron.Can I fold the next oneI like the soft onesthe steam is warm!
Needs a capital letterNeeds an end mark
9.
Each sentence needs a period (.) or a question mark (?). Write the end mark.

Who wants to fold dumplings 
Grandma fills the big pot 

10.
Write a question you could ask Grandma. Start with a capital letter and end with a question mark.

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