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Sentence Structures!

Miss Taylor’s First Grade Class

Do you know what it takes to make a sentence?

It takes aCapital letterSubjectVerbPunctuation mark

Where do we need a capital letter in a sentence?

A capital letter will always be the first letter at the start of a sentence.

What letter should we make capitalized in the

sentence below? Click one of the underlined letter below

the puppy ran to the farm.

Nope that letter needs to be lowercase.

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Correct! The “t” needs to be capitalized

because it is the first letter in our sentence.

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Next, we need to have a subject in our sentence.

A subject is a person/place/or thing.

A person can be your mom, you, President Lincoln.

A place can be your house, school, or Florida. A thing can be a doll, a cat, or a pair of shoes.

What is the subject in the sentence below?

The cat ran fast.

Nope that is not the subject!

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Correct! That is the subject in our

sentence. It is a thing.

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A verb is an action word. A word that can do something.

A verb can be to run, to jump, to eat, and much more!

What is the verb below?

Click one of the underline words

The cat ran fast.

Nope that is not the verb!

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Correct! That is the verb in our sentence.

It is an action word!

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The very last thing we need is a punctuation mark. A punctuation mark comes at the very end of our sentence.

A punctuation mark can be a . , ! , or a ?

Where is the punctuation mark below?

Click one of the underlined options

below. The cat ran fast.

Nope that is not the punctuation

mark.

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Correct! That is the punctuation mark

because it comes at the end of the

sentence.

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Now that you know the important parts of a sentence, you will create your own!