Writing Appropriate Complete Sentences Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.4.1.F

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Writing in complete sentences is a skill that we learn early in our academic lives, but take for granted as we get further along with our education. There are several attributes that a statement has, to make it be considered complete. They all start with a word that has the first letter capitalized. They all end with a punctuation mark that is either a period, question mark, or exclamation point. Every complete sentence must contain a main clause. When an author composes a completed sentence, it leaves out any level of uncertainty and helps make everything clear for the audience. This format allows you to increase the level of accuracy of conveying your message or thoughts to your readers. These worksheets will help students learn to develop well written and thoughtful sentences.

Complete Sentence Worksheets To Print:

Is it a Sentence? - You will examine a series of words and decide if they are complete or just fragments. It is your turn to be the judge.

Sound Bites! - Dennis Duck is getting his quotes ready for his article in the newspaper. Dennis Duck is interviewing students after the big race. He will be quoting them in the school newspaper.

From Clue to Clue - Jane's parents have hidden her birthday gifts, and sent her on a treasure hunt to find them. Each note she finds leads her to the next note, and the last note will lead her to her presents.

Finding Them - A little of multiple choice to kick start your day. Choose between three of them.

Writing Them - The dinosaur got loose and ate all the subjects from these sentences. Use the back of the page if you need more room.

The Rodeo - Kevin is writing an article about the rodeo for his school newspaper. But his article contains many fragments and run-ons. Rewrite the article for Kevin.

Celia's Room - Celia has hung signs up on her bedroom door to keep her little brother out of her room. Read each sign. You will rate the signs.

Sentence Clean Up! - Rewrite each run-on below as two complete and different thoughts.

Autumn - Decide if each sentence is complete, a fragment, or a run-on. Then color by the Code that is found on the worksheet.

The Cider Mill - Draw lines in the run-ons to separate all the different thoughts. Then rewrite the sentence, revising it to make three or more thoughts.

Skippy - Rewrite the run-ons below as separate sentences.

Crazy Cupcake Day - Complete each sentence below by adding a subject or a predicate to the fragment. Use the cupcakes for inspiration.

A Summer Song for Two Voices - Poems are often written in phrases and fragments, rather than in complete sentences. Read the poem.

Working in the Garden - Write sentence on the line if the words form a sentence. Write fragment on the line if the words do not form a complete thought.

Making Things Is Sew Much Fun! - Decide whether or not each group of words is a complete sentence. If it is complete, determine how you would classify it.

What Is a Complete Sentence?

The purpose of writing is to convey a thought to your readers. All sorts of texts in the English language are made up of paragraphs. Paragraphs are made up of groups of sentences. A sentence is a vital element of English grammar. No text is complete without one or many. There are several different components that group up together to form a complete sentence. Here are the essential characteristics of them:


It Provides Meaning

It is common to define a sentence as a group of words that is not completely accurate. While a sentence does contain a group of words, but it also contains meaning. Some group of words will provide no meaning of any sort. They cannot be termed as a sentence. However, they could be a phrase or clause. They on the other hand, are a group of words that provides a complete meaning to the readers. One of its most important characteristics is that it gives the reader some sort of information. A sentence has a unique and complete idea.


It Ends with a Full Stop

Another way to spot a complete sentence is to look at how it is ending, they always ends with a full stop. This punctuation mark gives readers a clue to identify the end of a sentence. A full stop indicates that it is complete with both an idea and a subject.


Subject and Predicate

Usually, there are two parts of a sentence. One is the subject and the second one is the predicate. The subject is the noun around which the idea of the sentence revolves. Whereas, the predicate is that part of the sentence that gives some sort of information regarding the sentence. These two elements of the sentence allow for the meaning and idea to take place.


How Do You Make Sure Complete Sentences Are Appropriate?

Sentences are our fundamental method for expressing our thoughts and sharing or ideas and known information. They always begin with a capital letter, and they end with a form of punctuation to give us an understanding of how the author intended to explain the way in which this thought was to be delivered to their audience. Every full thought you put on paper or in a word processor has a minimum of three components: an object, a subject, and a verb. The thing that is being acted upon within the sentence is the object. The subject is normally found as a noun or pronoun. If there is a subject it is somehow bound to a verb that describe something it is doing, some kind of action, or just the state of the subject.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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