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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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Speak in Full Sentences

SL.1.6

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1.Which of these is a whole sentence?
  • A.The dog barked.
  • B.the big brown
  • C.under the table and
2."Ravi went home" — what is missing?
  • A.A full stop
  • B.A capital letter
  • C.A space
3."where is my bag" — what two things are missing?
  • A.Nothing is missing
  • B.A capital W and a question mark
  • C.A comma and a full stop
4.In "The cat sat.", which word has the capital, and why?
  • A."The", because it starts the sentence
  • B."sat", because it is the action
  • C."cat", because it is an animal
5.Which book is likely to have a contents page and an index?
  • A.A storybook
  • B.An information book
  • C.A poem
6.Which one usually starts with a problem and ends with it solved?
  • A.An information book
  • B.A shopping list
  • C.A story
7.Which book would tell you what a real owl eats?
  • A.A poem about the night
  • B.An information book about owls
  • C.A story about an owl who talks
8.Which book has characters who are made up?
  • A.An information book
  • B.A storybook
  • C.A dictionary

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Answer key — Speak in Full Sentences

Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The dog barked.
  2. 2.A full stop
  3. 3.A capital W and a question mark
  4. 4."The", because it starts the sentence
  5. 5.An information book
  6. 6.A story
  7. 7.An information book about owls
  8. 8.A storybook

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.