Sentence Examples for Kids: Grade 1 ELA

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ✏️ A sentence is a group of words that makes complete sense.
• 🧮 Sentences always start with a capital letter.
• 🛑 Sentences end with a period (.), a question mark (?), or an exclamation point (!).
• 💬 A sentence must have a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a verb (what the subject does).
• 💡 Examples of sentences: The dog barks. Is it raining? Wow, that's amazing!

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a complete sentence?
   1. A. Running fast.
   2. B. The cat sleeps.
   3. C. In the garden.
2. Which of these sentences is missing a capital letter at the beginning?
   1. A. dogs play.
   2. B. Cats purr.
   3. C. Birds sing.
3. Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
   1. A. I like apples
   2. B. I like apples!
   3. C. I like apples?
4. What is missing from this sentence: 'the sun shines'?
   1. A. A question mark.
   2. B. A capital letter.
   3. C. Nothing.
5. Which sentence asks a question?
   1. A. The flower is pretty.
   2. B. Is the flower pretty?
   3. C. The flower.
6. Which of these is NOT a sentence?
   1. A. The big red ball.
   2. B. The ball is red.
   3. C. I see a ball.
7. Which sentence shows strong feeling?
   1. A. I am happy.
   2. B. I am happy!
   3. C. Am I happy?