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Sentence Word Order Worksheets

  • CCSS L.1.1.j
  • 12 items per set
  • Answer key included

What this skill is

Understanding that English sentences follow a standard word order — subject, then verb, then the rest.

When it comes up: First grade.

The mistake to watch for

Reordering words to match how the idea occurred to them rather than how English structures it — a common pattern for early writers and for multilingual learners translating word-for-word.

How to help

Have your child read the scrambled words out loud in the wrong order first. Hearing that it sounds wrong is often more convincing than being told the rule.

Next: Nouns and verbs, naming the parts that make up a sentence.

A worked example

Put these words in order: dog / the / barks. A sentence says who or what, then what happens, and it starts with a capital letter: 'The dog barks.'

Words to know

sentence
A group of words that tells a whole thought. It starts with a capital letter and ends with punctuation.
capital
A big letter like A or B, used to start a sentence or a name.
noun
A word for a person, place or thing, like girl, school or ball.
verb
A word that tells an action or a state, like run, is or sing.
period
The dot ( . ) at the end of a sentence.

Practice

Put the words in the correct order to make a sentence.

Showing Set 1 · 12 items

  1. Put the words in order: read / Our / us / a / story / teacher
  2. Put the words in order: very / The / bright / is / sun
  3. Put the words in order: mom / a / cake / My / baked
  4. Put the words in order: found / a / I / shiny / rock
  5. Put the words in order: the / birds / watched / fly / They
  6. Put the words in order: left / train / station / The / the
  7. Put the words in order: the / in / played / We / park
  8. Put the words in order: books / She / to / likes / read
  9. Put the words in order: mat / the / The / on / cat / sat
  10. Put the words in order: a / sandcastle / kids / The / built
  11. Put the words in order: bike / He / school / rides / to / his
  12. Put the words in order: the / ran / dog / across / The / yard

Download this set12 items · answer key included PDF

Answer key
  1. Our teacher read us a story.
  2. The sun is very bright.
  3. My mom baked a cake.
  4. I found a shiny rock.
  5. They watched the birds fly.
  6. The train left the station.
  7. We played in the park.
  8. She likes to read books.
  9. The cat sat on the mat.
  10. The kids built a sandcastle.
  11. He rides his bike to school.
  12. The dog ran across the yard.

All 10 sets

Each set is a different list of 12 items with its own answer key. Use the buttons above to look at one on this page, or download any of them as a PDF.

How these sheets were made
  • Problems are generated for each set and checked against L.1.1.j before the sheet is built — no duplicates, and every problem falls inside the standard's number range.

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