Answering comprehension questions

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techTD
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Answering comprehension questions

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Dear All

Please could you suggest if kids needs to answer comprehension questions in full sentences?

Has anyone came across any guide lines?

Thanks
TD
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Re: Answering comprehension questions

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In the 'new format' familiarisation paper on the CSSE website, most of the questions are MC and one question specifies that the answer requires a sentence. This leaves a couple which don't specify, but since the instructions on the front of the paper include 'Punctuation should be clear and exact', I would err on the side of sentence-writing rather than 'one-word'.
techTD wrote:Dear All

Please could you suggest if kids needs to answer comprehension questions in full sentences?

Has anyone came across any guide lines?

Thanks
TD
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techTD
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Re: Answering comprehension questions

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True, I agree

Thanks ToadMum
ToadMum wrote:In the 'new format' familiarisation paper on the CSSE website, most of the questions are MC and one question specifies that the answer requires a sentence. This leaves a couple which don't specify, but since the instructions on the front of the paper include 'Punctuation should be clear and exact', I would err on the side of sentence-writing rather than 'one-word'.
techTD wrote:Dear All

Please could you suggest if kids needs to answer comprehension questions in full sentences?

Has anyone came across any guide lines?

Thanks
TD
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Re: Answering comprehension questions

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Comprehension questions should always be answered in full sentences unless specified otherwise. DG
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