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English
Quarter 3 – Module 5
Telling and Asking Sentences
English – Grade 1
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 3 – Module 5: Telling and Asking Sentences
First Edition, 2020

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English
Quarter 3 – Module 5
Telling and Asking Sentences

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introductory Message …………… v

What I Need To Know …………… 1

Lesson 1 Telling and Asking Sentences

What I Know …………… 2
What’s In …………… 2
What’s New …………… 3
What Is It …………… 4
What’s More …………… 5
What I Have Learned …………… 5
What I Can Do …………… 6
Assessment …………… 6
Additional Activities …………… 7

Answer Key …………… 8

References …………… 9

Introductory Message

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For the facilitator:
Welcome to the English 1 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 5 on
Telling and Asking Sentences.
This module is collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators
both from public institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping
the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming
their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent
learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to
help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Facilitator

This contains helpful tips or strategies that will
help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage
and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

Welcome to the English 1 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module 5
Telling and Asking Sentences.
This module is designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities
for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be

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enabled to process the contents of the learning resource while being an active
learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know

This will give you an idea of the
skills or competencies you are
expected to learn in the module.

What I Know
This part includes an activity that
aims to check what you already
know about the lesson to take. If
you get all the answers correct
(100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help

you link the current lesson with the
previous one.

What’s New
In this portion, the new lesson will
be introduced to you in various
ways such as a story, a song, a
poem, a problem opener, an activity
or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief

discussion of the lesson. This aims
to help you discover and understand
new concepts and skills.

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 What’s More This comprises activities for
independent practice to solidify your
understanding and skills of the
topic. You may check the answers
to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the
lesson.

What I Can Do This section provides an activity

which will help you transfer your
new knowledge or skill into real life
situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate

your level of mastery in achieving
the learning competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will

be given to you to enrich your
knowledge or skill of the lesson
learned.

Answer Key This contains answers to all

activities in the module.

At the end of this module, you will also find:

References This is a list of all sources used in

developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

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1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of
the module. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Don’t forget to answer What I Know before moving on to the other
activities included in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your
answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with
it.
If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not
hesitate to consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you
are not alone.
We hope that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning
and gain deep understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

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 What I Need to Know

In this Module, you will easily recognize telling and asking

sentence from other kinds of sentences.

It is important to learn this lesson so that you can express what

you feel and be able to learn the correct punctuation mark used in a
telling sentence and you can easily recognize which sentence asks
question. You can also give correct response whenever someone
would ask an information about you.

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to recognize telling

and asking sentences.

Telling and Asking Sentence

Learning Competency:
Recognize telling and asking sentence.
EN1G-IIb.1.4
 What I Know

Directions: Read and recognize the following sentences. Write

telling or asking on the space provided.
________1. John is washing his hands.
________2. Are you bringing your snacks?
________3. Do you have a paper?

What’s In
In your previous lesson, you have learned in recognizing simple
sentence. Try to recall by answering the activity.
Directions: Write S if it is a sentence and NS if it is a non-
sentence
______1. Do you have a pencil?
______2. at the garden
______3. My mother prepares our snacks.

What’s New
Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Encircle the
letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following sentence requires information to answer?
A. My mother is kind.

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 B. The cat is fat.
C. Where do you live?
D. I love my family.
2. Which sentence ends with a period?
A. Did you eat your breakfast?
B. Where is my bag?
C. Who is your father?
D. I am six years old.

3. Which of the given choices begin with WH question?

A. I have a happy family.
B. Why are you crying?
C . The sky is blue.
D. Marie is a polite girl.

What is It
There are kinds of sentences namely:
-telling sentence and asking sentence

 Telling sentence- tells something.

It is a statement.
It begins with a big letter and usually ends with a period (.). It
expresses a complete thought.

Example:
 The banana is sweet.
 The children are playing.
 Ann is helpful.

 Asking sentence

a. Requires information for the answer.

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 It starts with the 5 WH questions (Who, What, Where. When,
Why and How).

e.g.
 Who is your teacher?
 What is your favorite color?

b. Requires yes or no for an answer.

Asking sentence which is answerable by Yes or No.
e.g.
 Is it a bird?
 Are you happy?

Sour

ce: https://www.oocities.org/rm10ctk/4kindsofsentences.html

What’s More
Directions: Recognize the sentence. Write T in the space
provided if it is Telling and write A if it is Asking.
______1. Are you reading your book?
______2. Mang Ando works in the farm.
______3. Ate Minda takes care of my grandmother.

What I Have Learned

You have learned to recognize telling and asking sentences.
Try to answer the activity to test yourself.

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 Directions: Fill in the blank to complete the statement. Select
your answer from the box.

Asking sentence
Telling sentence
1.___________________________ is a statement. It expresses
complete thought.

2._________________________ starts with WH questions and it

requires information to answer.

What I Can Do
Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Encircle the
letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following is a telling sentence?

A. When is your birthday?
B. Why are you crying?
C. I have a new pair of shoes.
D. Who is your best friend?

2. Which of the given choices is an asking sentence?

A. Did you do your assignment?
B. Janna feeds the chicken.
C. Mother cooks our favorite food.
D. My family is having a picnic.

3. Which sentence is a statement?

A. Our surrounding is clean.
B. Is this your book?
C. Who is your mother?
d. What is your favorite pet?

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 Assessment

Directions: Read and answer the questions below. Encircle the letter
of the correct answer.

1.Which of the following is a telling sentence?

A.How old are you?
B.Why are crying?
C.My father watches television.
D.Is it your pencil?
2. Which sentence is a statement and ends with a period?
A. Roy is my best friend.
B. Where do you get your book?
C. Are you eating your lunch?
D. Do you love your family?
3. Which of the following sentence is answerable by yes or No?
A. What is your favorite pet?
B. Where did you go yesterday.
C. Who are your parents?
D. Do you bring your baon for lunch?

Additional Activity
Directions: Recognize the sentence. Write Telling if it is an
statement and write Asking if it requires information to answer. Write
your answer on the space provided.

____________1.Rita reads book.

____________2. Why are you hiding?
____________3. What is your favorite color?

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 Answer Key

Additional What I have

Assessment What I can do
Activity
learned
1.telling
1. C 1. C
2. A 2. A 1. Telling
2.asking 3. D 3. A 2. asking
3.asking

What's More What's New What's In What I know

1.asking 1.C 1.S 1.telling
2.telling 2.D 2.NS
3.telling 3.B 3.S 2.asking
3.asking

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 References

K to 12 English Curriculum Guide 2016 Edition

MELC 2020 Edition
Telling and Asking Sentences retrieved from:

https://www.oocities.org/rm10ctk/4kindsofsentences.html retrieved
on December 14, 2020.

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