Grammar and punctuationGrades 1–3
Rewrite the sentence worksheets
Every item is a short sentence printed in lowercase with no end mark, followed by a writing line. Students copy it out with capital letters and the right ending. It suits first through third graders and comes with an answer key.
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What prints
Each numbered item has two parts. On top is a sentence in plain lowercase letters with its final mark removed, for example "maya walked her dog to the park on saturday". Under it is one long writing line. The student reads the sentence, decides what is wrong, and writes a corrected copy on the line.
The sentences come from a bank of 36 short, everyday lines about pets, school, weather and family trips. The generator shuffles that bank and takes as many as you ask for, so two printouts rarely match. Some sentences are statements, some are questions, and some are exclamations, which means the ending mark has to be chosen, not copied.
The page has a name and date line at the top. The instructions printed under the title tell the child to start with a capital, capitalize names, places, days and months, and finish with a period, question mark or exclamation point.
The settings
- Skill is set to "Rewrite the sentence (capitals and end marks)" on this page. The other choices in the same menu switch to capitalization only, end punctuation only, finding nouns or finding verbs.
- Number of problems runs from 6 to 14. The page opens at 10.
- Paper size and the answer key are chosen in the download panel. With the key on, a second page shows each sentence written correctly, in color, on its line.
Working through a page
Sit with the child for the first two or three items and ask them to name the fix before writing. A short routine helps: check the first letter, look for anyone or anywhere with a name, then read the sentence aloud and listen for a question or a shout before choosing the ending.
The word "i" is a common stumble. In the lowercase version it appears as a small letter, and children often copy it straight across. Point out that the word for yourself is always a capital, whatever its position.
Because the original mark is gone, a child must think about meaning. "did leo see the rainbow after the storm" sounds like a question, so it needs a question mark, even though the child might have defaulted to a period.
Worked example: a Saturday walk
Say the page gives this item: "maya walked her dog to the park on saturday".
- The first word needs a capital, so "maya" becomes "Maya". That also happens to be a name, which gives a second reason.
- "saturday" is a day of the week, so it becomes "Saturday".
- "dog" and "park" are ordinary nouns, so they stay lowercase. Children often capitalize them because they feel important.
- The sentence tells what happened, so it ends with a period.
Written out: Maya walked her dog to the park on Saturday.
On the answer key, compare capital by capital. If the only miss is "park", the child understands the rule for names and needs a reminder about common nouns.
When to move on
Once a child can fix most lines with no prompting, try the focused versions. Capitalization worksheets keep the end mark and isolate letters, while end punctuation worksheets do the reverse. After that, nouns worksheets help explain why some words get capitals and others do not.