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Spaces between words

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 4-6
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Mia reads 'the big cat'. How can she tell where one word ends and the next word starts?

    • The space between the words
    • The period at the end
    • She cannot tell

  2. You wrote the word 'sun'. Where does the next word go?

    • After a little space
    • Right on top of 'sun'
    • Inside the word 'sun'

  3. Look at this sentence: The dog ran. How many spaces are between the words?

    Thedogran

    Answer: ______________

  4. Which choice keeps 'cat', 'dog' and 'run' as three separate words?

    • catdog run
    • cat dog run
    • cat dogrun

  5. 'The sun is hot' has 3 spaces between the words.

    Circle one:   True   False

  6. Ben leaves two spaces between 'We' and 'can', then one space between 'can' and 'hop'. He has left one space between every pair of words.

    Circle one:   True   False

  7. Sam wants to write 'I like ice cream'. He wrote 'Ilike ice cream'. Which space is missing?

    • A space between 'ice' and 'cream'
    • A space between 'like' and 'ice'
    • A space between 'I' and 'like'

  8. Ben wrote 'Wewent to the park'. Which sentence fixes it?

    • We w ent to the park
    • We went to the park
    • We went to thepark

  9. Ben wrote 'Ilike mycat'. Which sentence fixes it?

    • I like my cat
    • I like mycat
    • Ilike my cat

  10. 'I like my new red bike' has 6 words. How many spaces sit between the words?

    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
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  1. The space between the words · The space between two words shows the reader where one word ends and the next one starts.
  2. After a little space · Each new word starts after a little space, so the words stay separate.
  3. 2 · There is one space after 'The' and one after 'dog'. That is 2 spaces.
  4. cat dog run · 'cat dog run' has a space between each pair of words.
  5. True · There are 4 words and 3 gaps: after 'The', after 'sun', and after 'is'. So it is True.
  6. False · Ben left two spaces between We and can. Use one clear space between each pair.
  7. A space between 'I' and 'like' · Without a space, 'I' and 'like' run together as one word.
  8. We went to the park · 'We' and 'went' need a space between them. The fix is 'We went to the park'.
  9. I like my cat · Both stuck pairs need a space: 'I like' and 'my cat'.
  10. 5 · Spaces sit between words, so 6 words need 5 spaces.
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