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Robot Club Sentence Builders

Grade 5 practice combining short sentences, cutting wordy ones, and adding details, all set in a school robot club.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.5.3.a

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  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 10 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students combine short sentences using joining words and clauses.
  • Students cut extra words from wordy sentences without changing the meaning.
  • Students expand sentences with details that tell when, where, and how.

How to use

Read the first question together to show how two short sentences can become one. Then let students work alone and compare their open response with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.3.a

Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader interest, and style.

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Robot Club Sentence Builders

Combine, trim, and stretch sentences.

Combine sentences

Good writers join short sentences so their writing flows. Choose the best way to join the ideas.

1.
Two short sentences: Ravi built a robot arm. The arm picks up blocks.
Which sentence combines them best?
  • A. Ravi built a robot arm, but the arm picks up blocks.
  • B. Ravi built a robot arm that picks up blocks.
  • C. Ravi built a robot arm or picks up blocks.
  • D. Ravi built a robot arm, the arm picks up blocks.
2.
Use the word bank. Write the joining word that makes each sentence work. Use each word once.
Word bank: so · but · because

The battery was low,   the robot stopped moving.
The robot was small,   it could lift a heavy book.
Mina cleaned the wheels   they were covered in mud.

3.
Two short sentences: Dara fixed the robot. The robot had a broken wheel.
Write the one word that joins them into one sentence.

Dara fixed the robot   had a broken wheel.

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