Starting and Ending Sentences
Begin sentences with a capital letter and end them with the appropriate mark (full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark); recognise and name end punctuation
Lesson
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“A written sentence starts with a capital letter. It ends with a mark that matches the job of the sentence: a full stop for a telling sentence, a question mark for a question, and an exclamation mark for strong feeling.”
Bring to the table
- Ready uncorrected sentence strips: the dog ran fast / is the cat sleeping / look at that big ball
- Paper and pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. my toy is red → My toy is red. is it red? → Is it red? wow it is fast → Wow it is fast!
Optional challenge. Rewrite the dog ran fast as a question and as an exclamation, choosing the matching end marks.
What to notice. Save a photo of the three corrected sentences or a parent note quoting them.
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A written sentence starts with a capital letter. It ends with a mark that matches the job of the sentence: a full stop for a telling sentence, a question mark for a question, and an exclamation mark for strong feeling.
Spend about 10 minutes fixing three ready sentences and reading them with matching voice.
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Learning resources
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Roy the Zebra · Practice link — not the full lesson
Capital Letter Game
Before you open · source notes
Identify where a capital letter belongs at the start of a sentence. It does not cover proper nouns or the pronoun I beyond sentence starts.
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Before you openSave a completed-round screenshot plus a parent note that the learner pointed to the first word of a new sentence before tapping the capital.
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Roy the Zebra · Practice link — not the full lesson
Full Stops Game
Before you open · source notes
Place full stops at the ends of statements. Pair with capital-letter practice so sentences begin and end correctly.
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Before you openSave a screenshot of correctly placed full stops and a parent note of one sentence the learner punctuated independently.
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Roy the Zebra · Practice link — not the full lesson
Question Mark Game
Before you open · source notes
Choose question marks for interrogative sentences. Supplemental end-mark practice only; it does not teach forming original questions.
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Before you openSave a screenshot of a correctly marked question and a parent note distinguishing one question from one statement.
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Check understanding
- Write sentences beginning with a capital letter
- Choose and use the correct end punctuation for statements, questions, and exclamations
- Identify and name full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks when reading
“When your child writes a sentence like "the cat sat on the mat", do they remember to use a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end — without needing a reminder?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 5–12
Standards