Home / English / Printables / Grade 1 / What Makes a Sentence What Makes a Sentence is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on the capital and the end mark that bracket a sentence, aligned to Common Core standard RF.1.1. 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.
What Makes a Sentence RF.1.1
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1. "Ravi went home" — what is missing?
A. A capital letter B. A full stop C. A space 2. "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 3. What must every sentence begin with?
A. A capital letter B. A full stop C. A comma 4. Which mark ends a sentence that asks something?
A. A full stop B. A capital letter C. A question mark 5. Which of these is a whole sentence?
A. the big brown B. under the table and C. The dog barked. 6. How many sentences are in this? "I ran. I fell."
7. Which mark ends a sentence that tells you something?
A. A question mark B. A comma C. A full stop 8. Why do we put a space between words?
A. To show where to stop reading B. So the reader can see where each word ends C. To make the writing longer LessonPrint · RF.1.1 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Makes a Sentence Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1. A full stop 2. A capital W and a question mark 3. A capital letter 4. A question mark 5. The dog barked. 6. Two 7. A full stop 8. So the reader can see where each word ends More practice for RF.1.1 Know that a sentence starts with a capital and ends with a mark that tells you how it ends.
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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.1.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.