Sentence Building Practice
A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focused on identifying subjects, predicates, and constructing complete sentences.
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Sentence Building Practice
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. Remember that a complete sentence has a subject (who or what the sentence is about) and a predicate (what the subject is doing or being).
1. Which of the following is a complete sentence?
Ran quickly down the street.
The small brown dog.
She likes to read books.
Under the big, green tree.
2. Which part is missing from this sentence fragment: "Jumped over the fence"?
Subject
Predicate
Adjective
Noun
Complete each sentence by adding a subject or a predicate.
3. The tall tree .
4. sings beautifully.
5. My best friend and I .
6. Write two complete sentences about your favorite animal. Make sure each sentence has a subject and a predicate.
Read each statement. Circle T for True or F for False.
7. A sentence fragment always tells a complete thought.
True
False
8. Every complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
True
False
Use the words from the word bank to create three complete sentences.