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. Which mark ends a sentence that is shouted?
A. A comma B. An exclamation mark C. A full stop 2. How many sentences are in this? "I ran. I fell."
3. "Ravi went home" — what is missing?
A. A space B. A capital letter C. A full stop 4. In "The cat sat.", which word has the capital, and why?
A. "sat", because it is the action B. "cat", because it is an animal C. "The", because it starts the sentence 5. Why do we put a space between words?
A. To make the writing longer B. To show where to stop reading C. So the reader can see where each word ends 6. "where is my bag" — what two things are missing?
A. A capital W and a question mark B. A comma and a full stop C. Nothing is missing 7. Which of these is a whole sentence?
A. the big brown B. The dog barked. C. under the table and 8. What must every sentence begin with?
A. A full stop B. A comma C. A capital letter LessonPrint · RF.1.1 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Makes a Sentence Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1. An exclamation mark 2. Two 3. A full stop 4. "The", because it starts the sentence 5. So the reader can see where each word ends 6. A capital W and a question mark 7. The dog barked. 8. A capital letter 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.