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Speak in Full Sentences is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on producing a complete sentence rather than a fragment, aligned to Common Core standard SL.1.6. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Speak in Full Sentences

SL.1.6

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Tick the right answer.

1.How many sentences are in this? "I ran. I fell."
  • A.Four
  • B.Two
  • C.One
2."Ravi went home" — what is missing?
  • A.A capital letter
  • B.A space
  • C.A full stop
3.Which of these is a whole sentence?
  • A.the big brown
  • B.under the table and
  • C.The dog barked.
4.Which book would tell you what a real owl eats?
  • A.An information book about owls
  • B.A poem about the night
  • C.A story about an owl who talks
5.In "The cat sat.", which word has the capital, and why?
  • A."sat", because it is the action
  • B."The", because it starts the sentence
  • C."cat", because it is an animal
6."where is my bag" — what two things are missing?
  • A.Nothing is missing
  • B.A comma and a full stop
  • C.A capital W and a question mark
7.Which book is likely to have a contents page and an index?
  • A.A poem
  • B.An information book
  • C.A storybook
8.Why do we put a space between words?
  • A.To make the writing longer
  • B.So the reader can see where each word ends
  • C.To show where to stop reading

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Answer key — Speak in Full Sentences

Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Two
  2. 2.A full stop
  3. 3.The dog barked.
  4. 4.An information book about owls
  5. 5."The", because it starts the sentence
  6. 6.A capital W and a question mark
  7. 7.An information book
  8. 8.So the reader can see where each word ends

More practice for SL.1.6

Answer in a full sentence rather than a single word.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to SL.1.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.