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Build Sentences in the Robot Shop

Grade 2 sentence practice in a robot repair shop: find complete sentences, join two with and, but, or or, rearrange them, and add details.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.1.f

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell complete sentences from groups of words that are not sentences.
  • Students join two short sentences into a compound sentence with a comma and a joining word.
  • Students rearrange and expand simple sentences without changing their meaning.

How to use

Read the first section aloud and talk about who or what each sentence is about. Let students finish alone, then compare the sentences they wrote in the last two questions.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.1.f

Produce, expand, and rearrange complete simple and compound sentences.

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Build Sentences in the Robot Shop

Make, join, move, and expand sentences about Noor and her robot.

Is it a complete sentence?

A complete sentence tells who or what and tells what happens. Read about Noor and her robot, Bolt, in the repair shop.

1.
Which group of words is a complete sentence?
  • A. Fixing the broken wheel.
  • B. The robot with red lights.
  • C. Bolt rolled to the door.
  • D. Because the shop was messy.
2.
Sort each group of words.
Under the workbench.Noor smiled.The lights blinked twice.Fixed the broken arm.The loud beeping robot.Bolt hums while he works.
Complete sentenceNot a complete sentence
3.
Match each beginning to the ending that makes a complete sentence and makes sense.
  1. The little robot zoomed
  2. Noor picked up
  3. Bolt's lights
  4. A loud beep
  1. A. echoed in the quiet shop.
  2. B. across the shop floor.
  3. C. blinked on and off.
  4. D. a tiny screwdriver.

Join two sentences

A compound sentence joins two short sentences with a comma and a joining word, such as and, but, or or.

4.
Which choice joins these two short sentences into one compound sentence that makes sense?
The robot was small. It lifted a heavy box.
  • A. The robot was small, but it lifted a heavy box.
  • B. The robot was small, or it lifted a heavy box.
  • C. The robot was small, if it lifted a heavy box.
  • D. The robot was small but, it lifted a heavy box.
5.
Write the joining word that fits each compound sentence. Use each word from the word bank one time.
Word bank: or · but · and

1. Bolt wanted to roll fast,   one wheel was flat.
2. Noor hummed a happy tune,   Bolt beeped along.
3. Will Bolt turn left,   will he turn right?

6.
Which sentence is a compound sentence?
  • A. Bolt beeped happily at the shiny new gear.
  • B. The workshop door opened wide for the visitors.
  • C. Noor carried the heavy toolbox to the bench.
  • D. Noor tightened the bolt, and Bolt beeped happily.
7.
A compound sentence needs a comma before the joining word. Write the missing mark.

Bolt rolled to the door  and Noor followed him.

Move and expand sentences

You can move the parts of a sentence around, and you can add details to make a sentence longer.

8.
Which sentence says the same thing as: On Monday, Noor fixed Bolt.
  • A. Bolt fixed Noor on Monday.
  • B. Noor fixed Bolt on Monday.
  • C. On Monday fixed Noor Bolt.
  • D. Monday on Noor Bolt fixed.
9.
Underline the part of this sentence that tells when. You can move it to the end and the sentence still says the same thing.

After lunch,Noorsweepsthe floor.

10.
Which choice is a complete sentence that adds details to this sentence: Bolt beeped.
  • A. Beeped loudly at the old clock.
  • B. The old clock ticked on the shelf.
  • C. Bolt beeped loudly at the old clock.
  • D. Loudly at the old clock.
11.
Make this sentence longer by adding details that tell how, where, or when: Noor worked. Write your new sentence.
12.
Write a compound sentence about Bolt. Use a comma and one of these joining words: and, but, or.

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