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Year 2 English — Telling and asking sentences

Tell a statement from a question and give it the right end mark.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which of these needs a question mark?

    • a) I have a red ball
    • b) Where is the red ball
    • c) My ball is red
    • d) The red ball is big

  2. 2.Which word starts a question?

    • a) Here
    • b) There
    • c) Everywhere
    • d) Where

  3. 3.Which of these is NOT a question word?

    • a) When
    • b) Because
    • c) What
    • d) Who

  4. 4.Is each sentence telling you something or asking you something?

    Groups: Statement · Question

    • Ducks can swim.
    • Can ducks swim?
    • Does she have a bicycle?
    • She has a bicycle.
    • This box is heavy.
    • Is this box heavy?

  5. 5.Which sentence is a question?

    • a) The bus is red.
    • b) The bus stops here.
    • c) The bus is late.
    • d) Is the bus late?

  6. 6.Which one is written correctly?

    • a) what is your name.
    • b) What is your name.
    • c) What is your name?
    • d) what is your name?

  7. 7.Put the cards in order to make a question.

    • Is
    • door
    • open?
    • the

  8. 8.What is missing at the end of "The cat is asleep"?

    • a) a question mark
    • b) a capital letter
    • c) a full stop
    • d) nothing

Answer key — Year 2 English — Telling and asking sentences

  1. 1. b) Where is the red ball
  2. 2. d) Where
  3. 3. b) Because
  4. 4. Ducks can swim. → Statement; Can ducks swim? → Question; This box is heavy. → Statement; Is this box heavy? → Question; She has a bicycle. → Statement; Does she have a bicycle? → Question
  5. 5. d) Is the bus late?
  6. 6. c) What is your name?
  7. 7. 1. Is 2. the 3. door 4. open?
  8. 8. c) a full stop