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Expanding sentences with detail

2nd grade (Year 3 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.2.1.F, W.2.5 · England: Y2 Writing (expanded noun phrases), Y3 Writing

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  1. Question 1

    The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. Dog ran fast fast.
    • B. The dog ran and ran and ran.
    • C. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
    • D. The dog it ran.

  2. Question 2

    We ate lunch. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
    • B. We ate lunch, we ate.
    • C. We ate lunch lunch.
    • D. Lunch was eaten by we.

  3. Question 3

    The car stopped. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The old blue car stopped suddenly at the red light.
    • B. The car stopped stopped.
    • C. The car it stop.
    • D. Car the stopped.

  4. Question 4

    Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. Snow fell fell.
    • B. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
    • C. Snow it was fall.
    • D. Fell snow.

  5. Question 5

    A bird sang. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. A tiny robin sang on the frosty fence at dawn.
    • B. A bird sang a song a song.
    • C. A bird it sang.
    • D. Sang a bird.

  6. Question 6

    The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The girl laughed laughed.
    • B. Laughed the girl did.
    • C. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
    • D. The girl she laughed.

  7. Question 7

    We ate lunch. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
    • B. Lunch was eaten by we.
    • C. We ate lunch, we ate.
    • D. We ate lunch lunch.

  8. Question 8

    A bird sang. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. A bird sang a song a song.
    • B. A tiny robin sang on the frosty fence at dawn.
    • C. Sang a bird.
    • D. A bird it sang.

  9. Question 9

    The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The dog ran and ran and ran.
    • B. Dog ran fast fast.
    • C. The dog it ran.
    • D. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.

  10. Question 10

    We ate lunch. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. Lunch was eaten by we.
    • B. We ate lunch, we ate.
    • C. We ate lunch lunch.
    • D. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.

  11. Question 11

    The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The girl laughed laughed.
    • B. The girl she laughed.
    • C. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
    • D. Laughed the girl did.

  12. Question 12

    Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. Snow it was fall.
    • B. Snow fell fell.
    • C. Fell snow.
    • D. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.

  13. Question 13

    The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
    • B. Laughed the girl did.
    • C. The girl she laughed.
    • D. The girl laughed laughed.

  14. Question 14

    We ate lunch. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. We ate lunch, we ate.
    • B. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
    • C. We ate lunch lunch.
    • D. Lunch was eaten by we.

  15. Question 15

    The car stopped. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. Car the stopped.
    • B. The old blue car stopped suddenly at the red light.
    • C. The car it stop.
    • D. The car stopped stopped.

  16. Question 16

    The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?

    • A. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
    • B. The dog ran and ran and ran.
    • C. The dog it ran.
    • D. Dog ran fast fast.

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  1. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
  2. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
  3. The old blue car stopped suddenly at the red light.
  4. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
  5. A tiny robin sang on the frosty fence at dawn.
  6. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
  7. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
  8. A tiny robin sang on the frosty fence at dawn.
  9. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
  10. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
  11. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
  12. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
  13. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
  14. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
  15. The old blue car stopped suddenly at the red light.
  16. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.