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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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Question 1
A bird sang. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Sang a bird.
- B. A tiny robin sang on the frosty fence at dawn.
- C. A bird it sang.
- D. A bird sang a song a song.
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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. Lunch was eaten by we.
- D. We ate lunch lunch.
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Question 3
The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Laughed the girl did.
- B. The girl she laughed.
- C. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
- D. The girl laughed laughed.
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Question 4
The car stopped. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The old blue car stopped suddenly at the red light.
- B. The car it stop.
- C. The car stopped stopped.
- D. Car the stopped.
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Question 5
Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Snow fell fell.
- B. Fell snow.
- C. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
- D. Snow it was fall.
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Question 6
The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The dog it ran.
- B. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
- C. The dog ran and ran and ran.
- D. Dog ran fast fast.
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Question 7
The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The girl laughed laughed.
- B. The girl she laughed.
- C. Laughed the girl did.
- D. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
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Question 8
Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Fell snow.
- B. Snow it was fall.
- C. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
- D. Snow fell fell.
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Question 9
The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
- B. Dog ran fast fast.
- C. The dog ran and ran and ran.
- D. The dog it ran.
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Question 10
Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
- B. Fell snow.
- C. Snow it was fall.
- D. Snow fell fell.
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Question 11
The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
- B. The dog it ran.
- C. The dog ran and ran and ran.
- D. Dog ran fast fast.
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Question 12
We ate lunch. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Lunch was eaten by we.
- B. We ate a picnic lunch under the old oak tree.
- C. We ate lunch, we ate.
- D. We ate lunch lunch.
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Question 13
The girl laughed. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Laughed the girl did.
- B. The little girl laughed when the puppy licked her nose.
- C. The girl she laughed.
- D. The girl laughed laughed.
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Question 14
The dog ran. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. The dog it ran.
- B. Dog ran fast fast.
- C. The dog ran and ran and ran.
- D. The muddy dog ran across the park after a ball.
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Question 15
Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Snow it was fall.
- B. Fell snow.
- C. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
- D. Snow fell fell.
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Question 16
Snow fell. Which sentence adds the most useful detail?
- A. Snow fell fell.
- B. Fell snow.
- C. Soft white snow fell silently over the sleeping town.
- D. Snow it was fall.

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Answer key: Expanding sentences with detail

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