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Writing Complete Sentences

Practice subjects, predicates, capital letters, and end marks

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Writing Complete Sentences

Practice subjects, predicates, capital letters, and end marks

Language Arts - Grade 2-3

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Write complete sentences with a subject, a predicate, a capital letter, and an end mark.
  1. 1

    Circle the complete sentence: A. The little dog. B. The little dog ran home.

    A complete sentence tells a whole idea.

    B is the complete sentence because it tells who the sentence is about and what the dog did.
  2. 2

    Fix this sentence fragment so it is a complete sentence: The red bird.

    One complete sentence is: The red bird flew to the tree.
  3. 3

    Add the correct end mark to this sentence: My sister likes to read

    Use a period for a telling sentence.

    The correct sentence is: My sister likes to read.
  4. 4

    Rewrite this sentence with a capital letter and the correct end mark: we went to the park

    The correct sentence is: We went to the park.
  5. 5

    Choose the group of words that is a complete sentence: A. Under the bed. B. The cat slept under the bed.

    Look for a subject and an action.

    B is the complete sentence because it tells who did something and where it happened.
  6. 6

    Turn this fragment into a complete sentence: After school.

    One complete sentence is: After school, I played with my friends.
  7. 7

    Write a complete sentence about a favorite animal.

    Begin with a capital letter and end with a period.

    One complete sentence is: My favorite animal is a dolphin because it swims fast.
  8. 8

    Fix this run-on sentence by making two complete sentences: I have a pencil it is yellow.

    The corrected sentences are: I have a pencil. It is yellow.
  9. 9

    Add words to make this a complete sentence: The children.

    Tell what the children did.

    One complete sentence is: The children sang a song in class.
  10. 10

    Rewrite this question with the correct capital letter and end mark: do you like apples

    The correct question is: Do you like apples?
  11. 11

    Circle the sentence that is written correctly: A. my mom bakes cookies. B. My mom bakes cookies.

    The first word in a sentence starts with a capital letter.

    B is written correctly because it begins with a capital letter and ends with a period.
  12. 12

    Write a complete sentence using the word playground.

    One complete sentence is: We played tag on the playground.
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