Complete Subject and Predicate Worksheet with Picture Prompts
If your students can spot a donut, ring, or airplane, they’re already halfway to writing a sentence. The next step? Helping them understand how subjects and predicates work together to build clear, complete thoughts. That’s where our Make a Sentence! worksheet comes in—a fun, visual way to help kids master the building blocks of strong writing.
What Makes a Sentence Work?
Every solid sentence has two must-have parts: 1) the subject: who or what the sentence is about, and 2) the predicate: what the subject is doing or what is being said about them. When students learn how these parts fit together, they gain the tools they need for all kinds of writing, from quick journal entries to full-blown essays.
How the Worksheet Works
Each question features a picture, like a donut or a jet, and two labeled boxes:
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Subject: Who or what is in the picture?
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Predicate: What’s happening, or what are they doing?
Instead of memorizing definitions, students build a sentence from the ground up, using real visuals to guide their thinking.
Example in Action
Picture prompt: A commercial airplane flying through the sky
Complete Subject: The massive silver airplane
Complete Predicate: soared through the puffy white clouds
Final Complete Sentence: The massive silver airplane soared through the puffy white clouds.
From Simple to Strong: Progressive Sentence Building
This worksheet grows with your students. Start with short, clear sentences and work your way up to more descriptive, detailed writing. For example:
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Beginning: The donut / is pink
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Middle: The glazed donut / sits on the counter
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Advanced: The sweet, frosted donut with rainbow sprinkles / tempted customers from the bakery display case
This supports sentence fluency and encourages creativity and vocabulary expansion.
Who Is This For?
This resource is designed to be flexible, supportive, and developmentally appropriate for a wide range of learners:
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Grades 1–2: Introduces basic sentence structure in a concrete, visual way
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Grade 3: Reinforces sentence writing while encouraging more detail and complexity
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English Language Learners: Pairs visual cues with writing practice to boost comprehension and vocabulary
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Struggling Writers: Breaks down the writing process into manageable parts
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Homeschool Families: Easy to print, easy to use, and requires no prep.
Whether you’re teaching in a classroom or at the kitchen table, this activity makes grammar feel approachable, doable, and even a little fun.
More Resources
Downloaded this worksheet? You may like our other grammar worksheets:
Who Or What? Simple Subject vs Complete Subject Practice
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