Definition of Sentence Structure |
A basic sentence has a subject and a predicate. These are the nouns and verbs in a sentence. The examples, lessons and worksheets will assist you in teaching your child how to write proper sentences. Help your child work through the lessons in the order that they appear because they are designed to build upon each other. Have your child keep a notebook. Throughout the Helping With Writing website, there are instructions telling your child when to write lists of words, charts and literacy ideas in their notebook so that they may use these ideas in all their writing. |
Listed below are the 7 Worksheets and Lessons that will aid you in helping to teach your child proper English Grammar and Punctuation. |
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1) Sentence Structure Subject Mini Lesson One; The subject of a sentence is what or who the sentence is about. The subject is the noun. The noun is a person, place or thing.
Examples of nouns or subjects;
| person | doctor | mom | child | dad | teacher |
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| place | house | island | office | school | post office |
| thing | ball | shoe | pencil | apples | computer |
The spider climbed. What or who is the sentence about? The sentence is telling us about the spider. The spider is the subject. The spider is the noun. Learn about the noun in this lesson.
2) Sentence Structure Nouns Mini Lesson Two; The subject is what or who the sentence is about. It is the subject or the noun. A noun is a person, place or thing. Examples of persons; nurse, Johnny, fireman, headteacher. Examples of places; California, museum, bus stop, school, New York. Examples of things; book, carrot, desk, computer.
3) Sentence Structure Subject or Noun Mini Lesson Three; A sentence needs a subject and a predicate or an action. These are called the noun or subject and the verb or predicate or action. Add the verb or action to the noun or subject on these worksheets.
4) Sentence Structure Noun & Verb Mini Lesson Four; A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
Example; Not a complete sentence; At school near my house. (This sentence is not a complete thought; therefore, it is not a complete sentence.) There is no subject. We do not know who or what the sentence is about.
Example; A complete sentence; I study at a school near my house. (This sentence is a complete thought; therefore, it is a complete sentence.) We know who the sentence is about, "I" and what they are doing, "study".
5) Sentence Structure Noun & Verb Mini Lesson Five; When speaking, people use groups of words which form ideas that make sense. Each group of words which forms an idea is called a sentence. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a period or full stop. One way to make a sentence is to join a person plus an action together. The person in a sentence is called the noun. Example; hockey player, is the noun. What action would a hockey player do? Hit the puck. The predicate or action that the noun is doing is called the verb. Now, if we join the person with the predicate or action together we have a sentence; The hockey player is hitting the puck.
6) Sentence Structure Noun & Verb Mini Lesson Six; A sentence is made up of a subject, which is the noun, and a predicate or action, which is the verb. Ask the question, "What is the subject doing?", "What is the verb telling the noun to do?".
Example; The monkey is climbing up the tree. The monkey is the subject or noun and climbing is the predicate or verb. Climbing is what the monkey is doing.
7) Sentence Structure Noun & Verb Mini Lesson Seven; A simple sentence is made up of a subject and a predicate. The subject contains a noun. The predicate contains a verb which is the action performed by the subject.
Sentence Structure Review Rubric Together, you and your child may assess their work using the marking Rubric found here.
| Basic Sentence Structure Lesson |
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| A sentence begins with a capital letter. Example; S |
A sentence has two parts. One part is the subject or noun. A sentence must name a person, place or thing. Example; Sam The other part is the predicate which is the action or verb. A sentence must tell what the subject or noun is doing or does. It predicates what is happening. Example; played baseball |
Throughout the sentence there should be about a finger-width or a pencil-width space between each word. Keep it neat. Example; Sam_played_baseball. |
| A telling sentence must end with a period or a full stop. This is called the punctuation. Example; . |
A complete sentence begins with a capital letter, has a subject, a predicate and ending punctuation. Example; Sam played baseball. |
Tessie's Tips on Writing...Writing what action the subject is doing makes a complete sentence. "What are you doing right now?" I am reading. |