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 students 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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Circle the right answer.
1. "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 period 2. Which mark ends a sentence that is shouted?
A. A comma B. A period C. An exclamation point 3. Which of these is a whole sentence?
A. under the table and B. The dog barked. C. the big brown 4. Which mark ends a sentence that asks something?
A. A capital letter B. A question mark C. A period 5. What must every sentence begin with?
A. A capital letter B. A period C. A comma 6. In "The cat sat.", which word has the capital, and why?
A. "cat," because it is an animal B. "The," because it starts the sentence C. "sat," because it is the action 7. How many sentences are in this? "I ran. I fell."
8. Why do we put a space between words?
A. So the reader can see where each word ends B. To show where to stop reading C. To make the writing longer LessonPrint · RF.1.1 · Set 4 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — What Makes a Sentence Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1. A capital W and a question mark 2. An exclamation point 3. The dog barked. 4. A question mark 5. A capital letter 6. "The," because it starts the sentence 7. Two 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.