English Worksheet - Sentences

Name _____________________ Date _________________

Useful Link: How To Make Complete Sentences

Decide whether each of the following are complete sentences, or not. Circle 'Y' (yes) for a sentence and 'N' (no) for an incomplete sentence.

1. The boy's parents. Y  N

2. He looked up at the sky, and smiled. Y  N

3. "Why are you crying?" asked the old woman. Y  N

4. The noise was terribly. Y  N

5. In 1914, the Great War began. Y  N

Un-jumble the following sentences:

1. wear noses red the clowns.

2. wild in cats hunt mice and the birds for.

3. wore slippers orange David big his.

4. thought about move he his next carefully.

5. please way museum the which to?

Make sentences using the words given. The first is done for you:

1. boys/run/snow  The boys ran in the snow.

2. Helen/like/sing/friends  _______________________

3. city/need/clean/streets  _______________________

4. He/want/try/read/books  _______________________

5. girl/answer/telephone  ___________________

Answer Key:

Exercise 1: N, Y, Y, N, Y

Exercise 2: 'The clowns wear red noses'; 'In the wild, cats hunt for birds and mice'; 'David wore his big orange slippers'; 'He thought carefully about his next move'; 'Which way to the museum please?'

Exercise 3: 'Helen likes to sing for friends'; 'Cities need clean streets'; 'He wants to try to read books'; 'The girl answered the telephone'

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