Grades 1–2
Turn It into a Question
Six telling sentences to turn into questions by moving one word to the front, like “The bus is here.” to “Is the bus here?”
Writing worksheet · Sentence building
One or More? Make the Verb Match
Subject and verb agreement: eight sentences where kids circle bark or barks, play or plays, fly or flies.
- Grade level
- Grades 2–3
- Time
- About 20 minutes
- Topic
- Sentence building
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Complete sentences, Subjects and predicates, Sentence types, Combining sentences
What kids do
“When the naming part is one, the verb often ends in -s. When it is more than one (or I, you or we), it does not. Circle the verb that fits.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Write one sentence about one animal and one sentence about many animals.
Words on this sheet
The dogbarkbarksThe dogsplayplaysLilyrideridesflyfliesA beeWeThe babybuzzbuzzesswimswimssleepsleeps
Teacher tip
Teach the trick: one dog barks, two dogs bark. When the noun gets an s, the verb usually loses one.
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.
- Give a minute at the end to reread the work out loud to a partner.
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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