Sentence Structure Worksheets
A sentence needs a subject and a predicate, and everything past that is a matter of how many clauses are joined and how. These worksheets start with finding the two halves of a short sentence and end with combining and untangling multi-clause writing.
- Grades
- Grade 1 – Grade 8
- Worksheets
- 6
- Topics
- 8
Topics in sentence structure
- Complete Sentences and Fragments — Grade 1 to Grade 6
Telling a complete sentence from a fragment, and turning a fragment into a sentence.
- Subjects and Predicates — Grade 1 to Grade 6
Splitting a sentence into its complete subject and complete predicate, and finding the simple subject inside it.
- Simple Sentences — Grade 2 to Grade 6
Recognising a simple sentence as one independent clause, including ones with compound subjects or verbs.
- Compound Sentences — Grade 3 to Grade 8
Joining two independent clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
- Complex Sentences — Grade 4 to Grade 8
Attaching a dependent clause to an independent one, and punctuating it by where the dependent clause sits.
- Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices — Grade 4 to Grade 8
Spotting run-ons and comma splices, and repairing them by splitting, joining or repunctuating.
- Clauses and Phrases — Grade 6 to Grade 8
Telling an independent clause from a dependent one and a clause from a phrase.
- Four Sentence Types — Grade 2 to Grade 6
Classifying sentences as declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory, with the punctuation each takes.
Any topic on this list can be built for any grade it covers — make the sheet you need.
Grade 1
All grade 1 worksheets →Grade 2
All grade 2 worksheets →Grade 4
All grade 4 worksheets →Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices Worksheet — Grade 4
Practice spotting and fixing run-on sentences and comma splices in this Grade 4 worksheet on sentence structure and joining independent clauses.
Simple Sentences: One Independent Clause — Grade 4
This Grade 4 worksheet drills simple sentences — including those with compound subjects and compound verbs — through four types of practice exercises.