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Year 1 English · What is a sentence?

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. Which one is a sentence?
- ☐ (a) the big
- ☐ (b) The cat is big.
- ☐ (c) big cat the
2. What goes at the end of a telling sentence?
- ☐ (a) a full stop
- ☐ (b) a capital letter
- ☐ (c) a finger space
3. Which sentence starts correctly?
- ☐ (a) we went to the park.
- ☐ (b) we Went to the park.
- ☐ (c) We went to the park.
4. Which one has finger spaces between the words?
- ☐ (a) Isawabird.
- ☐ (b) I saw a bird.
- ☐ (c) Isaw abird.
5. Which group of words is NOT a sentence?
- ☐ (a) The frog jumped.
- ☐ (b) I like apples.
- ☐ (c) under the
6. Does a sentence start with a capital letter or a small letter? Type 'capital' or 'small'.
7. How many words are in this sentence? 'I can run.' Type a number.
8. Put these words in order to make a sentence: 'sun. hot The is' Type the first word.

Answer sheet

1. The cat is big. — 'The cat is big.' makes sense, starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
2. a full stop — A telling sentence ends with a full stop.
3. We went to the park. — A sentence starts with a capital letter, so 'We' needs a capital W.
4. I saw a bird. — 'I saw a bird.' has a space between every word.
5. under the — 'under the' does not tell a whole idea.
6. capital — Every sentence starts with a capital letter.
7. 3 — The words are I, can, run: three words.
8. The — The sentence is 'The sun is hot.' It begins with 'The'.