Building sentences
English · Grammar & Punctuation · conceptual
Understand that words combine to make sentences — a sentence expresses a complete thought; produce and expand complete sentences in speech and writing
What mastery looks like
- Distinguish between complete sentences and fragments
- Compose a complete sentence with a subject and verb
- Expand a simple sentence by adding detail
Check your understanding
If Building sentences says something like "The dog", can they tell you that's not a complete sentence — and add words to make it say something like "The dog ran fast"?
Prerequisites
None — this is a foundational concept.
Unlocks (8 directly)
- Fixing Fragments & Run-Ons
- Expanded noun phrases
- Past, Present and Progressive Tense
- Commas in lists
- Spaces Between Words
- Saying Sentences Before Writing Them
- Starting and Ending Sentences
- Multi-Step Problem Solving
- Self-Correcting While Reading
- Pronouns
- Grammar words: letter, word, sentence
- Four Types of Sentences
- Reading with Expression and Accuracy
- Subordinate clauses
- Joining Words with 'And'