A complete sentence tells a complete thought. 

 

It tells who or what the sentence is about.

 

It tells what happens.

 

It begins with a capital letter.

 

A complete sentence always ends
with a
punctuation mark.

 

The following poems may help you
figure out which
punctuation mark to
use when you write a
complete sentence.

 

Click on the arrow to read the poems with me.

 

 

Period

If you write a statement or command,
your sentence has a friend
.
It's a small, round dot called a
period,
and you'll place it at the end
.


 

Question
Mark

When writing a sentence that asks something,
there's a funny mark to know
.
It's curved and called a
question mark.
Put it at the end and go.


 

!

Exclamation
Point

!

Help me! Oh no! Hooray, it's my birthday!
We won
! Don't get your nose out of joint!
When writing to show an exciting thought,
you should use an
exclamation point!


 

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