How to Write a Sentence for Kids | Using Capitals, Subject, Verb and Punctuation

come and watch the grass popper teach you something new today welcome to grasshopper in today's lesson we will learn and practice how to write a complete sentence a sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought an example is the dog runs sounds like it's time for a breakdown we can break down a basic sentence into four parts these are the capital letter subject verb and punctuation let's take a closer look at each part the first word in a sentence starts with a capital letter this shows that a new sentence is starting look the t in the word the has a capital letter it's time for sentence extravaganza let's play does this have a capital the dog wags her tail no the first letter t is not capitalized does this have a capital my grasshopper eats flies yes the first letter m is capitalized get ready to learn about the next part of a sentence the subject tells us who the sentence is about the who can be a person like a man a place like a house or a thing like a butterfly let's get ready for sentence extravaganza let's play does this have a subject walk fast it does not have a subject we do not know who walks fast does this have a subject the boy swims yes the sentence is about the boy get ready to learn about the next part of a sentence the verb tells us what the subject is doing in the sentence a verb can be an action like dancing or jumping words like is are was has and have are called helping verbs it's time for another round of sentence extravaganza let's play does this have a verb we are here yes r is the helping verb does this have a verb sam's cat no we do not know what sam's cat is doing get ready to learn about the last part of a sentence a sentence ends with a punctuation mark this can be a period question mark or exclamation mark i see that at the end of the sentence the girl jumps there is a period this shows that the sentence is finished you made it to the final round of sentence extravaganza let's play does this have punctuation i eat ice cream no there is no punctuation at the end of the sentence does this have punctuation he scored a goal yes there is an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence let's review the four parts of a sentence the first word in a sentence must start with a capital letter the subject tells us who the sentence is about the verb tells us what the subject is doing we end the sentence with punctuation now that we learned each of the four parts of a sentence it's time to put them all together let's write a sentence about this picture how about the girl sits [Music] let's take out our checklist to make sure our sentence has all four parts the subject is the girl check the verb is sits check the first letter t is capitalized check there is a period at the end of the sentence check now you give it a try take out your writing paper and create a sentence about this picture don't forget the four parts now pause the video to practice [Music] you did it you are now a sentence expert congratulations thanks for watching hop on down to like this video and subscribe for more [Music] for more subscribe to our channel and follow grasspopper on teacherspayteachers and instagram

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Length: 5min 12sec (312 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 05 2020