Print Concepts - 5th Grade Reading

Looking at our answer choices, there are four types of sentences:

1. A d eclarative sentence is a sentence that tells the reader about something, and it will always end with a period.
2. An imperative sentence is a sentence that is a command, it tells someone to do something. This type of sentence will end in either a period or an exclamation point.
3. An interrogative sentence is a sentence that asks something, it's a question. This type of sentence will always end with a question mark.
4. An exclamatory sentence is a sentence that shows excitement, surprise, or a strong emotion. This type of sentence will always end with an exclamation point.

Let's look at the sentence from the question:

When I got to school today, I realized that I had forgotten to complete all of my homework.

This sentence is telling us something, it's telling us that Amanda forgot to do all of her homework. A sentence that tells the reader about something is a declarative sentence.

An analogy shows a relationship between two pairs of words.

Let's look at the first part of our analogy:

"Green is to grass"

"Green" is describing the color of the "grass".

The second part of the analogy is:

"blue is to __________. "

We need to think, What is commonly known as being blue?

Based on our answer choices, "sky" is the best option. Not only is the sky often described as blue, but both the sky and grass can be found in nature, making "sky" the best answer choice.

An analogy shows a relationship between two pairs of words.

Let's look at the first part of our analogy:

"Drive is to car"

We know that we drive a car, so what do we ride? Based on our answer choices, "bike" is the best choice.

We drive a car and we ride a bike; thus, drive is to car as ride is to bike.