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Visual Sentence Building Strips

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Visual Sentence Building Strips

Visual Sentence Building Strips

Children building sentences with picture strips

📝 Part 1: Simple Sentence Building

Instructions: Look at the picture strips below. Build simple sentences by choosing one strip from each column: Subject + Verb + Object/Complement

1. Circle one word from each column to make a simple sentence:

Subject (Who?)

🐕 The dog
🐱 The cat
👧 The girl
👦 The boy

Verb (What doing?)

🏃 runs
🦘 jumps
😴 sleeps
🍽️ eats

Object/Where?

⚽ the ball
🛏️ on the bed
🥪 a sandwich
🌳 under the tree
2. Write your sentence here:
3. Draw a picture of your sentence:

🔗 Part 2: Conjunction Strips

Instructions: Learn about joining words (conjunctions) that connect sentences together.

4. Match each conjunction with its meaning:
➕ and
❌ but
🤔 or
shows a choice
adds information
shows contrast/difference
5. Circle the best conjunction for each sentence:

The dog runs fast _______ the cat walks slowly.

and

but

or

I can play football _______ I can play cricket.

and

but

or

🏗️ Part 3: Building Compound Sentences

Instructions: Use two simple sentences and a conjunction to make compound sentences.

6. Complete these compound sentences by filling in the blanks:

🐕 The dog runs in the park _______ 🐱 the cat sleeps on the mat.

👧 The girl likes apples _______ 👦 the boy likes oranges.

🌧️ It might rain today _______ ☀️ it might be sunny.

7. Create your own compound sentence using the picture strips:

Sentence 1: 🦘 The kangaroo + 🦘 hops + 🌾 through the grass

Conjunction: ________________

Sentence 2: 🐨 The koala + 😴 sleeps + 🌳 in the tree

Write your complete compound sentence:

🎨 Part 4: Creative Sentence Building

Instructions: Use your imagination to create sentences with the given picture strips.

8. Look at these Australian animal picture strips and create sentences:

Available strips:

🦘 kangaroo | 🐨 koala | 🐊 crocodile | 🦎 lizard

🏃 runs | 🏊 swims | 🧗 climbs | 🦘 jumps

🌊 in the river | 🌳 up the tree | 🏜️ across the desert | 🌾 through the bush

Simple sentence 1:
Simple sentence 2:
Now join them with a conjunction to make a compound sentence:
9. Draw your compound sentence:
10. Check all the conjunctions you used in today's worksheet:

and

but

or

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