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Typing · Ages 7+ · Set A
Typing a sentence
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Remember: A sentence starts with a capital, has spaces between the words and ends with a full stop.

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Nell's noteNell typed a note to Gran, but she forgot the space bar. All the letters ran together in one long line, and Gran could not tell where one word ended. "The gaps help," said Gran, "but how does a sentence start and stop?" So Nell held shift with one little finger and tapped the first letter with her other hand, and out came a capital. At the end she tapped the full stop key right after the last letter. Now her sentence had three parts: a capital to start, spaces between the words, and a full stop to end. Then Toffee the puppy stepped on the keys. "That is not a sentence yet!" laughed Nell.
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Why could Gran not read Nell's note?
the letters were too bigNell typed too slowlyNell forgot the space bar
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A capital letter ends a sentence.
TrueFalse
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Number how Nell types a sentence.
  • Tap the first letter with the other hand
  • Tap the full stop right after the last letter
  • Hold shift with a little finger
  • Type the words, a space after each

Capital, spaces, full stop

A capital to start, spaces between, a full stop to end.

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The blank blue keys are held down to make a capital letter. What are they called?
entershiftbackspace
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A sentence starts with a letter.
silentcapitalsmall
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The long blue key makes a gap between words.
TrueFalse
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Which one is a whole sentence, ready to send to Gran?
we went to the parkWe went to the park.Wewenttothepark.
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Join each part of a sentence to its place on the path.
  1. 1capital letter
  2. 2spaces
  3. 3full stop
  • Astepping stones
  • Bthe start flag
  • Cthe finish line
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After a full stop, tap the space bar once and begin the next sentence with a capital.
TrueFalse
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Nell typed the dog ran. What should she fix?
take away the spacestake away the full stopmake the first letter a capital

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Copy it. We went to the park.
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Write a sentence about a puppy. Start with a capital, leave spaces and end with a full stop.
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