📖 Part 1: Understanding Theme and Rheme

Remember: The theme is what the sentence is about. The rheme is the new information added about the theme.

1. Read this sentence and identify the theme and rheme:

"After lunch, the children played in the playground."

Theme (what sets the context): ________________________

Rheme (new information): ________________________

2. Circle the theme in each sentence below:

a) "During the storm, we stayed inside all day."

During the storm

we stayed inside all day

b) "If it rains tomorrow, the picnic will be cancelled."

If it rains tomorrow

the picnic will be cancelled

✏️ Part 2: Moving Time and Condition Phrases

3. Rewrite these sentences by moving the time or condition phrase to the beginning. Don't forget to add a comma!

a) "I went to bed after dinner."

Rewritten: ________________________________________________

b) "We will go to the beach if the weather is sunny."

Rewritten: ________________________________________________

c) "The dog barked loudly during the thunderstorm."

Rewritten: ________________________________________________

d) "You can play outside when you finish your homework."

Rewritten: ________________________________________________

📝 Part 3: Paragraph Practice

4. Read this paragraph and underline the theme in each sentence, then circle the rheme:

Sarah walked to school in the morning. She met her friend Tom at the school gate.

They talked about their weekend plans before class started. The teacher arrived

when the bell rang.

5. Now rewrite the paragraph above by moving any time or condition phrases to the beginning of sentences. Remember your commas!

🎯 Part 4: Comma Rules

6. Which sentences need a comma? Tick the boxes for sentences that are correctly punctuated:

After school, I went home.

If you study hard you will pass the test.

During winter, many animals hibernate.

When the rain stops we can go outside.

Before breakfast, Mum reads the newspaper.

7. Add commas where needed in these sentences:

a) When I grow up I want to be a teacher.

b) After the movie finished we went for ice cream.

c) If you listen carefully you can hear the birds singing.

d) Before the party starts we need to decorate the room.

🌟 Part 5: Create Your Own

8. Write three sentences that begin with time or condition phrases. Make sure to use commas correctly!

Sentence 1: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

Sentence 2: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

Sentence 3: ________________________________________________

________________________________________________

9. Explain in your own words: How does moving time or condition phrases to the beginning of a sentence help the reader?

🔍 Part 6: Matching Activity

10. Match each sentence beginning with its best ending:

1. After the rain stopped,

2. If you eat your vegetables,

3. When the bell rings,

4. Before going to bed,

A. you can have dessert.

B. I brush my teeth.

C. we went outside to play.

D. the students line up quietly.

Theme and Rheme Practice

Theme and Rheme Practice

📖 Part 1: Understanding Theme and Rheme

✏️ Part 2: Moving Time and Condition Phrases

📝 Part 3: Paragraph Practice

🎯 Part 4: Comma Rules

🌟 Part 5: Create Your Own

🔍 Part 6: Matching Activity

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