English Language Arts
Grade 3
15 min
Which sentence has the same meaning?
Which sentence has the same meaning?
What you'll learn
- Identify which of three sentences has the same meaning as a given sentence with 80% accuracy.
- Explain in writing, using at least two sentences, why a chosen sentence has the same meaning as the original sentence.
- Apply understanding of synonyms and context clues to select the sentence with the closest meaning from a set of options in 4 out of 5 cases.
- Apply their understanding of synonyms and rephrasing to rewrite a simple sentence in their own words, creating a new sentence with the same meaning in 2 out of 3 trials.
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Introduction & Learning Objectives
Learning Objectives
Identify the subject (who or what is doing the action) in a sentence.
Identify the main verb (the action) in a sentence.
Compare two sentences to see if they describe the same action and the same characters.
Recognize how changing the order of words can change a sentence's meaning.
Understand how different verb tenses (past, present, future) change when an action happens.
Choose the sentence that has the exact same meaning as a given sentence from a set of options.
If you say, 'The cat chased the mouse,' is that the same as saying, 'The mouse chased the cat'? Let's find out! 🐈🐁
In this lesson, we will become detectives! We will learn how to look closely at sentences to figure out their exact meaning. This helps us understa...
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Key Concepts & Vocabulary
TermDefinitionExample
SentenceA complete thought that has a subject (who or what) and a verb (the action).The happy dog wagged its tail.
MeaningThe idea or message that a sentence tells the reader.The meaning of 'The sun is bright' is that the sun is shining strongly.
SubjectThe person, place, or thing that is doing the action in the sentence.In 'Maria sings a song,' Maria is the subject.
VerbThe action word in the sentence. It tells you what the subject is doing.In 'The birds fly high,' fly is the verb.
Verb TenseTells you WHEN the action is happening (in the past, right now, or in the future).Walked (past), walks (present), will walk (future).
SynonymA word that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word.Happy and joyful are synonyms. Big and l...
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Key Rules & Conventions
The 'Who and What' Check
Find the Subject (Who is doing it?) and the Verb (What are they doing?).
To see if two sentences mean the same thing, first check if they have the same 'doer' and the same 'action'. If the person doing the action is different, the meaning is different.
The 'When' Check
Look at the verb to see if the action happened in the past, is happening now, or will happen in the future.
Sentences only have the same meaning if the action happens at the same time. 'She played' is different from 'She will play'.
The 'Details' Check
Check the describing words (adjectives and adverbs) to make sure all the details match.
Sometimes, a small word can change the whole meaning. 'The big red...
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Challenging
Read this sentence: Him and me is going to the library. Which sentence has the same meaning?
A.He and me are going to the library.
B.Him and I are going to the library.
C.Me and him are going to the library.
D.He and I are going to the library.
Challenging
Read this sentence: She had went to the store before I got home. Which sentence has the same meaning?
A.She had went to the store after I got home.
B.She had gone to the store before I got home.
C.She has went to the store before I got home.
D.She went to the store before I had gotten home.
Challenging
Read this sentence: We didn't see nobody at the park. Which sentence has the same meaning?
A.We saw nobody at the park.
B.We didn't see somebody at the park.
C.We didn't see nobody at the park, too.
D.We saw anybody at the park.
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