Sentence Expansion Task

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen their writing by expanding short sentences with gerund or infinitive phrases. Through sentence elaboration, grammar application, verb phrase development, and creative expression, learners practice adding detail and clarity while making purposeful choices about verb forms based on meaning and flow.

Learning Goals

• Writing Expansion and Elaboration (Grades 5-7) – Students add gerund or infinitive phrases to build richer, more complete sentences.
• Grammar Application in Writing – Learners apply knowledge of gerunds and infinitives within authentic writing tasks.
• Constructing Complex Sentences – The activity supports development of longer, more detailed sentence structures.
• Verb Phrase Development – Students understand how verb phrases express purpose, preference, or opinion.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with ELA writing and grammar standards.
• Creative yet Structured Practice – Encourages thoughtful expression while reinforcing correct grammar use.
• Supports Revision Skills – Helps students practice elaboration, a key academic writing strategy.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for writing workshops, grammar lessons, independent practice, or enrichment activities.

This sentence expansion worksheet supports writing fluency, grammatical accuracy, sentence variety, and expressive language development. By expanding sentences with gerund and infinitive phrases, students gain confidence making stylistic and grammatical choices that improve clarity and detail. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool language arts setting, this printable provides meaningful practice with sentence construction and verb phrase use.

This worksheet is part of our gerunds and infinitives worksheets collection.