The Longest Story

The Longest Story - Junior Journal 20

1. Put in the punctuation into the sentences from the story.

a) “Stop!”  yelled the people. “No more! No more!" ✔

b) The young man was very happy. So was Abena. ✔

c) Her father said “Many young men want to marry her”. ✔

2. What does these types of punctuation mean

Speech marks -  Speech marks means when someone is talking ✔

Full stop -  Full stops when you put it when you finished writing your text.✔

Capital letter -  Capital letter is when you start  you first letter if you type your first text. ✔

3. Answer these comprehension questions to show your understanding of the text.

a) Where is the story set? Safari, Africa ✔

b) Why did they have a contest? To marry the beautiful daughter of the father and the Mother. ✔

c) What was the story about the young man was trying tell? That there was a story of a three chicks and they were very very hungry. ✔

d) How did the people react to the young man’s story?

Stop!”  yelled the people. “No more! No more!” ✔