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Building sentences

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

  1. 'Sat on the mat.' is a complete sentence.

    Circle one:   True   False

  2. Which one is a complete sentence?

    • The little fish
    • In the pond
    • The fish swims

  3. Mia says, 'The dog.' Help her finish it. Which one is a full sentence?

    • The dog and
    • The dog barked
    • The big brown dog

  4. 'The cat' is a complete sentence.

    Circle one:   True   False

  5. Pick the sentence that names who did it and what they did.

    • The boy
    • The boy ran fast
    • Ran very fast down the hill

  6. Zara wants to say a whole sentence about her kite. Which one should she say?

    • My red kite
    • My kite flies high
    • Up high in the blue sky

  7. 'The little cat slept on the warm mat.' is still one complete sentence.

    Circle one:   True   False

  8. In 'Sam kicks the ball,' which word names who kicks?

    • kicks
    • the ball
    • Sam

  9. Which choice puts the words in an order that makes a sentence?

    • Dog the chased cat
    • Chased the dog cat the
    • The dog chased the cat

  10. Ben wrote: 'The frog.' What is missing?

    • A rhyming word
    • What the frog did
    • Who the sentence is about
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  1. False · It tells an action, but it never says who sat. A sentence needs the who part too.
  2. The fish swims · 'The fish swims' tells who and what it does. The other two are just parts.
  3. The dog barked · 'The dog barked' names the dog and tells what it did. The others are still just pieces.
  4. False · It does not say what the cat did. It is only a fragment.
  5. The boy ran fast · 'The boy ran fast' has a subject, the boy, and a verb, ran.
  6. My kite flies high · 'My kite flies high' names the kite and tells what it does, so it is a whole sentence.
  7. True · It names the cat and tells what it did. The extra words just tell more, and it stays one sentence.
  8. Sam · 'Sam' is the who, the subject. 'Kicks' is what Sam does, and the ball is what he kicks.
  9. The dog chased the cat · 'The dog chased the cat' names the dog first, then tells what it did. The others are jumbled.
  10. What the frog did · The sentence names the frog, but it never tells what the frog did.
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