Watch: What is a question mark?
Questions are sentences which ask something. When we write a question, we should put a question mark (?) at the end of the sentence. A question mark goes on the end of every question.
Narrator: Brain, this is Question Mark. Question Mark this is Brain.
Brain: Brain!
Question Mark: Why is there a brain on a trampoline?
Narrator: A question mark goes on the end of every question.
Question Mark: Why are you explaining what I do?
Narrator: Oh look, there's another one!
Question Mark: Who keeps talking?
Narrator: And another, wow you're on a roll!
Question Mark: Are you going to do that after everything I say?
Narrator: Look at you go!
Question Mark: Are they always like this?
Brain: Brain!
Watch: Using question marks
Whilst watching the video, practise writing question marks in the air.
Activity 1
Practice what you've learned about question marks with the activity below.
Activity 2
Write 5 questions using a question mark.
Try and start each question with a different question word:
- Who…?
- What …?
- Where…?
- When…?
- Why…?
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