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English
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Recognizing Sentences (telling and
asking) and Non-sentences
English – Grade 1
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Quarter 3 – Module 2: Recognizing Sentences (telling and asking) and Non-sentences
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 3 – Module 2:
Recognizing Sentences (telling and
asking) and Non-sentences
Introductory Message
This Self-Learning Module (SLM) is prepared so that you, our dear learners, can
continue your studies and learn while at home. Activities, questions, directions,
exercises, and discussions are carefully stated for you to understand each
lesson.
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you step-by-step
as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
Pre-tests are provided to measure your prior knowledge on lessons in each SLM.
This will tell you if you need to proceed on completing this module or if you need
to ask your facilitator or your teacher’s assistance for better understanding of
the lesson. At the end of each module, you need to answer the post-test to self-
check your learning. Answer keys are provided for each activity and test. We
trust that you will be honest in using these.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are also
provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on how
they can best help you on your home-based learning.
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tasks in this module, do not hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator.
Thank you.
 What I Need to Know

This module is one way to help you master and improve your skills in recognizing
sentences (telling and asking) and non- sentences. This will also guide you to
enhance your skills in determining the differences between the two sentences.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. recognize sentences and non-sentences;

2. recognize telling and asking sentences.

What I Know

Direction: Write S on the blank if the statement is a sentence and NS if it is a non-

sentence.
______ 1. The cat is black.

______ 2. The ball is round.

______ 3. on the table

______ 4. in the box

______ 5. Who are the characters of the story?

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 Lesson
Recognizing Sentences and Non-
2 sentences

A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea or thought.

A non-sentence is a group of words that do not tell a complete idea or

thought.

What’s In

Direction: Choose the word that rhymes to the word written in the box. Write the
letter of the correct answer.
_____ 1.
ran
a. can b. sat c. tap d. tax
_____ 2. cat
a. bad b. ham c. mat d. tag
_____ 3. pit
a. bib b. hip c. hit d. rib
_____ 4. mug
a. bug b. bus c. cup d. sun
_____ 5. hen
a. bed b. leg c. men d. wet

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 What’s New

Sing the song.

“Ding Dong Bell”
by Scott Simeon

Ding, Dong, Bell

Pussy is in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Thin
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout
What a naughty boy was that,
To drown a pussy cat
Who never did him any harm
But scared all the mice
In the farmer’s barn

Read this.

Column A Column B

Pussy is in the well. in the farmer’s barn

Who pulled her out? naughty boy

The pussy scared all the mice.

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 What is It

1. Where is the pussy? Who put her there?

2. Who pulled her out?
3. Which of the two columns has sentences that tell a complete idea or
thought?
4. What do you call this kind of statements?
5. Which group of words do not tell a complete idea or thought?
6. What do you call this kind of statements?
7. How does the first letter of the word in column A written?
8. What punctuation marks are used at the end of the sentences in column A?

A sentence is a group of words that tells a complete idea or thought. It begins

with a capital letter and ends with a punctuation mark such as: question mark or a
period.
Examples: The room is clean.
What is your favorite food?

A non-sentence is a group of words that does not tell a complete idea or thought.
It does not end with a punctuation mark.
Examples: under the table
cats and dogs

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 What’s More

Draw a in the box if the statement is a sentence and draw a if the

statement is a non-sentence.

1. The book is thick.

2. What is the title of the story?

3. two pigs

4. small hen

5. horses and cows

What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph and choose your answer inside the box
below.
1. What is a sentence?
A sentence is a group of words that tells a _____ idea or thought. It begins
with a ______ letter and ends with a punctuation mark such as ______ mark
or a ______.

2. What is a non-sentence?
A non-sentence is a group of words that
_______ tells a complete idea or ________.
It does not end with a punctuation _______.

capital question complete period

mark does not thought
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 What I Can Do

Double check the box if the statement is a sentence and single check if the
statement is a non-sentence.

1. Lita has a car.

2. The school is big.

3. The puppy is small.

4. They went to the forest.

5. sat on the mat

Assessment

Write S in the box if the statement is a sentence and N if the statement is a non-
sentence.

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 Lesson
Recognizing Telling and Asking
2 Sentences
A sentence can be asking or telling.

An asking sentence starts with question words such as who, what, where, when,
how and ends with a question mark.

A telling sentence tells about something and ends with a period.

What’s In

Write S on the blank if the statement is a sentence and N if the statement is a non-
sentence.

_____ 1. Morgan likes to read books in school.

_____ 2. John loves to play basketball.

_____ 3. small bags

_____ 4. tall trees

_____ 5. Mike has many animals on his farm.

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 What’s New

Sing the song.

“Pussy Cat”
James William Elliott

Pussy cat, Pussy cat

Where have you been?
I’ve been to London to look at the Queen.
Pussy cat, Pussy cat
What did you do there?
I frightened a little mouse under the chair.

Read this.

Column A Column B

I’ve been to London to look at the Where have you been?

Queen.

I frightened a little mouse right under What did you do there?

the chair.

What is It
1. What can you say about the sentences in column A?
2. What do we call these sentences in column A?
3. How does the first letter of the word in column A written?

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 4. What punctuation mark is used at the end of these sentences?
5. What can you say about the sentences in column B?
6. What is the beginning word of the sentences in column B?
7. How does the first letter of the word in column B written?
8. What do we call these words?
9. What punctuation mark is used at the end of these sentences?

What is a telling sentence?

A telling sentence tells about something. A period (.) is used at the end of a telling
sentence.
Example: I have an umbrella.
What is an asking sentence?
An asking sentence asks questions. Asking sentences start with asking words like:
Who, What, Where, When, Why, How . Asking sentences end with a question
mark (?).
Example: Where is your book?

What I Have Learned

Fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph and choose your answer inside the
box below.
1. What is a telling sentence?
A telling sentence ________ about something.
A __________ is used at the end of a telling sentence.
2. What is an asking sentence?
An asking sentence asks _________. Asking sentences end with a
___________.
Asking sentences start with _________ word like:
__________, __________, __________, __________.
period questions tells question mark
asking who what where when

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 What I Have Learned
Additional Activities
Assessment
10 What I Can Do 1. complete
1. a
capital
2. a 1. S 1. question
3. a
2. S 2. period
4. b
3. N 3.
5. b 2. do not
4. S 4.
5. N thought
5.
mark
What’s More What Is It
What’s In What I Know
1. In the well
1. 1. a 1. S
Little Johnny Thin
2. c 2. S
2. Little Tommy Stout
2. 3. c 3. NS
3. Column a
4. a 4. NS
3. 4. Sentence
5. c 5. S
5. In the farmer’s barn
4. 6. Non-sentence
7. Capital letter
5. 8. period
Lesson 1
Answer Key
5. Where did he go _____
4. I have a new dress _____
3. The trees are tall _____
2. What is your favorite fruit _____
1. I love watching movies _____
correct punctuation mark at the end of the sentence.
Write TS in the box for telling sentence and AS for asking sentence and add the
Assessment
Lesson 2

S 5. Question mark 9. when

T 5.
N 4. Asking words 8. where
A 4.
N 3. It begins with capital letter 7. what
T 3.
S 2. What who
T 2.
S 1. Where/ 6. asking
A 1.
The sentences asks questions 5. question mark
What’s In questions 2.
What I Know It ends with period 4.
period
It starts with capital letter 3.
AS/? 5. tells 1.
Telling sentences 2.
TS/. 4. Tells about something 1. What I have Learned
TS/. 3.
AS/? 2. What Is It
TS/. 1.

Assessment

References
Department of Education (DepEd). K to 12 Curriculum Guides: English,
2016.

Department of Education (DepEd). Guide for English Teachers in Using

the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs), 2020.

https://www.nurseryrhymes.org/ding-dong-bell.html

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6951550.Scott_Simeon#_=

https://www.songsforteaching.com/nurseryrhymes/pussycatpussycat.p
hp

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