Grades 2–3
Four Kinds of Sentences
Statements, questions, commands and exclamations: eight sentences to sort, then one of each to write.
Writing worksheet · Sentence building
Answer in a Complete Sentence
Six everyday questions to answer in complete sentences, with a hint that shows how to start.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Sentence building
- Answer key
- Not needed: answers vary
- Kids practice
- Complete sentences, Subjects and predicates, Sentence types, Combining sentences
What kids do
“Use words from the question to start your answer. Then finish it with your own words.”
Printed on the sheet:
- What is your favorite color? → My favorite color is green.
- What is your favorite food? My favorite food
- What do you like to do after school? After
- What animal would you like to be? I would
- What can you see out the window? Out the
- When do you eat lunch? I eat lunch…
- Why do we need rules? We need rules is…
Teacher tip
Model turning the question words into the start of the answer: “What is your favorite food?” becomes “My favorite food is…”
How to use it
- Build a sentence on the board with word cards before the sheet.
- Have kids clap once for the naming part and once for the telling part.
- Let early writers draw first, then talk, then write.
Watch for
Kids who think a long sentence must be a run-on. Length is not the problem; missing joins are.
Talk about it
- Which sentence sounded better after you changed it?
- Where else do writers use this skill?
Take it further
Have kids find and fix one sentence in their own writing journal.
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