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Year 6 English — Jumbled sentences

Put jumbled parts of a sentence back into the one order that works, using the capital letter, the full stop and the subject to find your way.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • with their reading.
    • If you finish early,
    • you can help
    • the younger children

  2. 2.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • Because the road was blocked,
    • the bus
    • took a longer route
    • through the hills.

  3. 3.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • Although the shop looked closed,
    • was already at work
    • in the back room.
    • the baker

  4. 4.These four parts make one sentence: "in the market" / "My mother" / "fresh vegetables" / "buys". Which part must come first?

    • a) fresh vegetables
    • b) buys
    • c) My mother
    • d) in the market

  5. 5.These parts make one sentence: "a letter" / "to her grandmother" / "Meera wrote" / "on Sunday morning." Which part must come last?

    • a) Meera wrote
    • b) on Sunday morning.
    • c) a letter
    • d) to her grandmother

  6. 6.Sort each part by whether it is printed as the start of a sentence.

    Groups: Printed as the start of a sentence · Not printed as the start

    • in the corner
    • The tall boy
    • of the story
    • My friend Ravi
    • Every morning
    • and then

  7. 7.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.

    • Before the sun rose,
    • the fishermen
    • into the water.
    • pushed their boats

  8. 8.Which one is a correctly ordered sentence?

    • a) The letter was posted yesterday.
    • b) The letter posted was yesterday.
    • c) Yesterday posted the letter was.
    • d) Posted the letter was yesterday.

Answer key — Year 6 English — Jumbled sentences

  1. 1. 1. If you finish early, 2. you can help 3. the younger children 4. with their reading.
  2. 2. 1. Because the road was blocked, 2. the bus 3. took a longer route 4. through the hills.
  3. 3. 1. Although the shop looked closed, 2. the baker 3. was already at work 4. in the back room.
  4. 4. c) My mother
  5. 5. b) on Sunday morning.
  6. 6. The tall boy → Printed as the start of a sentence; in the corner → Not printed as the start; Every morning → Printed as the start of a sentence; and then → Not printed as the start; My friend Ravi → Printed as the start of a sentence; of the story → Not printed as the start
  7. 7. 1. Before the sun rose, 2. the fishermen 3. pushed their boats 4. into the water.
  8. 8. a) The letter was posted yesterday.