ENGLISH 4th Grading Week 5

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Lesson 5 : Exclaiming Sentences

Objectives: At the end of this lesson the students will be able to:
 Talk about times when people get surprises and excited
 Recognize exclaiming sentences
 Form exclaiming sentences correctly
 Use the correct punctuation mark for exclaiming sentences

Get Started

The picture shows a road accident. What would you do if you

were around when the accident happened?

 Read the dialog that follows and see what the children did to
help.
Cris : Hey , Norman ! Did you see what happened to the
taxicab?
Norman : No , I did not . What happened?
Cris : The taxicab hit the light post ! We have to call the
police!
Norman : We had better call for an ambulance ,Let us go .
Cris : Let us pray that help arrives immediately. They
need to be taken to the hospital soon.
 Answer these questions.

1. What should we do in case of emergency ? _________________

2. Can prayers help ? Why ? ____________________________

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Grammar notes:
A sentence that expresses a strong feeling is called an exclaiming
sentence. It ends with an exclamation pion ( ! ).

Many times people get excited , frightened , or surprised. When they

get excited , they often say expression such as the following:

I won ! Wow , how nice it is!

Help ! Hey , come back !

Hurry , let us go ! That is terrific!

What a surprise !

Activity 1
Write these exclaiming sentences correctly on the lines. Use
the correct punctuation mark. Be sure to capitalize the first letter of
the first word at the beginning of the sentence.
1. wow , that fish is really big

2. you look pretty today

3. hey , stop running

4. that was great

5. gosh , that is terrible

 Activity 2

Look at each picture. Study what it is about. Write an exclaiming

sentence for each picture. Use the correct punctuation mark.

1. 2.

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Activity 3

Read each situation. Then, answer the question with exclaiming

sentences.
1. The children were running a race. Team A won the race.
What could team A have said?

2. Nato caught a big fish. What would he have said?