Rules
What must every sentence begin with?
A capital letter.
What two main parts does every sentence have?
Subject and predicate.
Where should you always put a capital letter in a sentence?
At the beginning.
What punctuation mark ends a statement?
A period (.).
What kind of sentence is this? “The cat is sleeping.”
Statement.
What must every sentence end with?
End punctuation (period, question mark, or exclamation mark).
Which is the action word in a sentence?
The verb.
True or False: Days of the week need capital letters.
True.
What punctuation mark ends a question?
A question mark (?).
What kind of sentence is this? “Close the door.”
Command.
What makes a group of words a complete sentence?
A subject and a predicate (verb).
In the sentence “The dog runs fast,” what is the subject?
“The dog.”
Fix the mistake: “i like pizza.”
“I like pizza.”
What punctuation mark ends a command?
A period (.) or an exclamation mark (!).
What kind of sentence is this? “Are you hungry?”
Question.
True or False: A sentence can have no verb.
False. Every sentence needs a verb.
In the sentence “Please sit down,” what is the verb?
“Sit.”
Name two situations (besides the start of a sentence) when you must use capital letters.
Names of people, places, months, holidays, etc.
What punctuation mark shows strong feelings?
An exclamation mark (!).
What kind of sentence is this? “Wow! That’s amazing!”
Exclamation.
Give one rule for using exclamation marks correctly.
Use them only to show strong emotion or excitement (not in every sentence).
Change this fragment into a complete sentence: “Running in the park.”
Example: “She is running in the park.”
Correct this sentence: “last friday maria and i went to mexico.”
“Last Friday Maria and I went to Mexico.”
Write one sentence that correctly uses each of these: period, question mark, and exclamation point.
“I have a dog.” (.) — “Do you like pizza?” (?) — “That was amazing!” (!)
Create your own example for each type:
✅ Statement: “I like chocolate.”
✅ Command: “Please sit down.”
✅ Question: “Where is my book?”
✅ Exclamation: “What a great day!”