Contributor: Danielle Childers. Lesson ID: 10699
Detective Darlene's question marks are missing, so she cannot ask questions to solve her mystery. Practice using question marks with games before completing a worksheet to help Detective Darlene.
Detectives need to ask important questions in order to solve a case. Since Detective Darlene can't find her question mark (?), she is having a problem asking any questions. Let's help her out!
When you are writing down a question, it always has to end in a question mark. Practice drawing a question mark in the air. Here is what a question mark looks like if you've forgotten:
So if you asked your friend how old he or she is, you would say:
Since it is a question, you have to end it with a question mark.
There are certain words that help you decide if a sentence is a question.
Share your thoughts with your parent or teacher. If you want to be a good detective, you will need to learn what these question words are; so you know how to ask good questions to solve your mystery.
Here is a list of the most common question words:
After reading the list, create a question with each of the words. Ask the question to your parent or teacher.