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Grade 1 Grammar Worksheet
Circle sentence or fragment.
My mom packs a snack.
Swims in the pond.
A tall man with a hat.
Kids laugh at the clown.
Sat on the step.
The duck swims in the pond.
A bird sings in the tree.
The bell at noon.
A sentence is a group of words that tells who or what and what happens, and it makes sense on its own: The cat naps. A fragment is only part of a sentence, with the who or the what happens missing: The cat. Runs fast. Children who learn to hear the difference write complete thoughts and fix their own mistakes.
On this grade 1 worksheet each line is a group of words, and your child circles sentence or fragment. Each sheet has a mix of both, in a mixed order. Ask two questions about each group: who or what is it about, and what happens? If both answers are there, it is a sentence.
Common Core standard: L.1.1.J
The cat naps. It tells who and what happens, so it is a sentence. The cat. It does not say what happens, so it is a fragment.
Calling a group of words a sentence because it starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Ask: who is it about? What happens? If one is missing, it is a fragment.
Calling a group of words a sentence because it starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Ask: who is it about? What happens? If one is missing, it is a fragment.
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Similar: Capitalization · End Punctuation
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