Diagnostic Sentence Skills
Diagnostic Sentence Skills
Diagnostic Sentence Skills
Date: _____________________________________
I. Write “S” if the words form a complete sentence. Capitalize and punctuate the
sentences. Write “F” if the words are a sentence fragment. Change the fragments into
complete sentences.
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II. Rearrange the words into a sentence. Add correct capitalization and punctuation.
scramble type here sentence punctuation no with
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1. Statement (.)
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2. Question (?)
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3. Exclamation (!)
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4. Command (. or!)
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IV. Complete the given sentence stem using because , but, and so .
type sentence stem here
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re-type sentence stem followed with , but (place a comma before but)
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Combined Sentence:
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Expanded sentence:
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