Sentence building cards
These free printable sentence building cards are perfect for making learning fun. With these cards, children and ESL learners can construct grammatically correct sentences in a hands-on and visual way.
The cards have been color-coded to help show students the different parts of sentences and parts of speech. There are nouns (red), verbs (yellow), articles (blue), adjectives (green), and prepositions (pink). Note that the verbs are in the past simple form, some different verb forms might be added at a later date along with pronouns, conjunctions etc.
You will want to make several sets of these cards, depending on your class sizes. Although it takes a bit of time to cut all the pieces out, if you laminate them or print the pages on card stock you can get a lot of use out of them. You can store the sets in envelopes for safekeeping until you need them next.
How to use the sentence building cards
Once you have printed the free pages and cut the cards out, there are lots of activities you can do with them.
Firstly, you can simply give a set of the cards to each student or put them in small groups and let them go about making their own sentences. Kids love building sentences this way. Just be sure to monitor for any mistakes and correct them.
Younger students may need a grammar formula provided to help them. This is where the color-coded cards also help.
Here is a list of some other great activities and games that the sentence building cards can be used in –
- Make silly sentences – Creating absurd sentences is hilarious fun and always gets a laugh. The main thing is to make sure that the sentences have the correct grammar. Check out the silly sentence worksheets for more information on this idea.
- Sentence race game – You can either write a sentence on the board or say it out loud. Students are to race each other to find the right cards and construct the sentence correctly. The first student to do so wins a point. This also works well with students in small groups or teams.
- Longest sentence – See who or which team can create the longest sentence that is grammatically correct.
- Make the sentence from letters – In this activity, the teacher provides the first letter for each word in a sentence. Students are to find the words amongst the cards and put the sentence together. An example might be – TKCUABM = The king climbed up a big mountain. There can be variations on the acronyms, just make sure the sentences are correct.
- Describe the picture – Draw a picture on the board and get students to make a sentence with the cards that describe it. You could also prepare pictures to project if you don’t feel confident channelling your inner Da Vinci. Just make sure the words required are in the card set.
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Make as many complete sentences as possible with these word cards. Word cards have basic sight words, including: can, cat, jump, sing, we, I, has, that, dad, pig, mom, that, dog, book, and like.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
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Word cards include: they, you, sit, look, walk, can, on, ring, the, egg, duck, bell, hen, red, and hat.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
Word cards include: boy, girl, they, on, is, ride, the, bike, cake, can, see, box, bake, sleep, and bed.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade
3 Word Sentences
The dog barks.
Kindergarten
Sing with me.
Kindergarten
Let’s go home.
Kindergarten
We want cake.
Kindergarten
The cat hides.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Mom is happy.
Kindergarten
School is fun.
Kindergarten
We see ducks.
Kindergarten
Close the door.
Kindergarten
She can jump.
Kindergarten
The bird sings.
Kindergarten
A fish swims.
Kindergarten
This is a blank template for a three-word build-a-sentence activity. The teacher can write her own mixed-up sentence for students to decode.
4 Word Sentences
This is a duck.
Kindergarten
We see a car.
Kindergarten
He has my ball.
Kindergarten
They see the moon.
Kindergarten
I like to sing.
Kindergarten
He saw an egg.
Kindergarten
She was very kind.
Kindergarten
My dog is wet.
Kindergarten
What time is it?
Kindergarten
That cat is gray.
Kindergarten
I see five hats.
Kindergarten
The fish can swim.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
We can read books.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
The pig is pink.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
This is my toy.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Create your own «Build-a-Word» activities with this blank, 4-word template.
5 Word Sentences
I see three big fish.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
How old is your friend?
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Look at the blue bird.
Kindergarten
An ant has six legs.
Kindergarten
It is a sunny day.
Kindergarten
Can you fly the kite?
Kindergarten
Let’s walk to the park.
Kindergarten
A bird can fly high.
Kindergarten
Can you see the pig?
Kindergarten
We swam in the pool.
Kindergarten
I can tie my shoes.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
My mom sang a song.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
My dad is very happy.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Look at the yellow bird.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
He has a small dog.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
I broke my red crayon.
Kindergarten
I like to eat fish.
Kindergarten
We like to jump rope.
Kindergarten
Where did my friend go?
Kindergarten
The little baby drinks milk.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
The pig can roll over.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
It is dark at night.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
The black cat saw a bird.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
We saw the frog jump.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
He likes to eat pizza.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
The brown cow eats grass.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Let’s play with the ball.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
My friend likes to sing.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
This dog can play ball.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Create your own «Build-a-Word» activities with this blank, 5-word template.
6 Word Sentences
I will ride my new bike.
Kindergarten
It is going to rain today.
Kindergarten to 2nd Grade
Mr. Brown has a black cow.
Kindergarten
My friend and I ran home.
Kindergarten
My little dog likes to play.
Kindergarten
That old clock does not work.
Kindergarten
That pig rolls in the mud.
Kindergarten
The dog barks at the cat.
Kindergarten
The little duck ate a fish.
Kindergarten
The tall ship will sail away.
Kindergarten
The yellow bus will stop here.
Kindergarten
They sang a very silly song.
Kindergarten
They went to the pet shop.
Kindergarten
Wash your hands in the sink.
Kindergarten
We have a gift for you.
Kindergarten
We will play tag after lunch.
Kindergarten
Where did you put my coat?
Kindergarten
Would you like a green apple?
Kindergarten
You can have this toy truck.
Kindergarten
Here’s a blank template for a six-word sentence worksheet.
See Also:
Sentences and Fragments
On these worksheets, students determine the difference between complete sentences and fragments.
Dolch Sight Words
Review basic Dolch Sight Words with these sets of flashcards, bingo games, and word wheels.
Fry Instant Sight Words
These printables help teach Fry Instant Sight Words. Includes bingo games, checklists, and word wheels.
Phonics Worksheets
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Word cards for constructing complex sentences.
Use these cards to help your students write complex sentences.
Cards available include:
- common nouns
- adjectives
- verbs
- adverbs
- pronouns
- conjunctions
- prepositions
- punctuation marks.
Set challenges for your students to use a specified number of common nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions and conjunctions in a sentence. They will need to change the first letter of the sentence to a capital.
Printing and laminating the cards will allow your students to write on the word and then wipe it clean.
Students can use the blank cards to add any words they may need to complete their sentence.
Curriculum
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AC9E6LA06
Understand how ideas can be expanded and sharpened through careful choice of verbs, elaborated tenses and a range of adverb groups
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AC9E6LA05
Understand how embedded clauses can expand the variety of complex sentences to elaborate, extend and explain ideas
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AC9E5LA04
Understand how texts can be made cohesive by using the starting point of a sentence or paragraph to give prominence to the message and to guide the reader through the text
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AC9E4LA08
Understand how adverb groups/phrases and prepositional phrases work in different ways to provide circumstantial details about an activity
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AC9E4LA06
Understand that complex sentences contain one independent clause and at least one dependent clause typically joined by a subordinating conjunction to create relationships, such as time and causality
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AC9E4LA04
Identify how text connectives including temporal and conditional words, and topic word associations are used to sequence and connect ideas
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AC9E3LA08
Understand that verbs are anchored in time through tense
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AC9E3LA07
Understand how verbs represent different processes for doing, feeling, thinking, saying and relating
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AC9E3LA06
Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb that need to agree
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AC9E3LA03
Describe how texts across the curriculum use different language features and structures relevant to their purpose
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AC9E2LA06
Understand that connections can be made between ideas by using a compound sentence with 2 or more independent clauses usually linked by a coordinating conjunction
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AC9E1LY06
Create and re-read to edit short written and/or multimodal texts to report on a topic, express an opinion or recount a real or imagined event, using grammatically correct simple sentences, some topic-specific vocabulary, sentence boundary punctuation and correct spelling of some one- and two-syllab
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AC9E1LA10
Understand that written language uses punctuation such as full stops, question marks and exclamation marks, and uses capital letters for familiar proper nouns
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AC9E1LA07
Understand that words can represent people, places and things (nouns, including pronouns), happenings and states (verbs), qualities (adjectives) and details such as when, where and how (adverbs)
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AC9E1LA06
Understand that a simple sentence consists of a single independent clause representing a single event or idea
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