Places Around Me: Describing Places and Writing Speech for Grade 1

This Grade 1 writing worksheet helps young learners describe familiar places and express simple speech using short, meaningful sentences. The topic focuses on observation, sentence clarity, and everyday communication, allowing children to connect language learning with real-life surroundings.

Designed for early writers, this worksheet builds vocabulary, grammar accuracy, and confidence in writing. Through place-based descriptions, speech bubble writing, fill-in-the-blanks using prepositions, sentence reordering, and sight word practice, students strengthen core writing skills in an age-appropriate way.

Why Describing Places and Writing Speech Matter in Grammar?

Learning to describe places and write speech helps Grade 1 learners organise ideas clearly.
1. Place descriptions build observation and descriptive vocabulary.
2. Speech bubbles introduce simple dialogue in writing.
3. Prepositions help explain position and movement.
4. Sight words improve reading fluency and sentence confidence.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five structured writing activities:

🏫 Exercise 1 – Writing Sentences to Describe a Place 
Students read the name of a place and write two simple sentences describing places such as classroom, home, playground, market, temple, and beach.

💬 Exercise 2 – Writing Dialogue in Speech Bubbles 
Learners look at pictures and write one short sentence showing what the character is saying.

📖 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks Using Prepositions 
Students read a short story and complete the blanks using correct prepositions like on, in, under, near, beside, and into.

🔀 Exercise 4 – Writing Sentences from Jumbled Words 
Learners reorder jumbled words to form correct sentences with proper punctuation.

👀 Exercise 5 – Writing Sight Words in Sentences 
Students use given sight words to write one short sentence each, beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop.

ANSWER KEY

Exercise 1 – Descriing Places 
(Answers may vary)
1. Classroom 
i. My classroom is big. 
ii. I study with my friends.
2. Home 
i. My home is clean. 
ii. I feel safe at home.
3. Playground 
i. The playground is wide. 
ii. Children play there.
4. Market 
i. The market is busy. 
ii. We buy fruits there.
5. Temple 
i. The temple is peaceful. 
ii. People pray there.
6. Beach 
i. The beach has sand. 
ii. I see waves at the beach.

Exercise 2 – Speech Bubble Sentences 
(Answers may vary)
1. Hello! 
2. Thank you! 
3. Bye!

Exercise 3 – Prepositions in the Story
1. on 
2. on 
3. at 
4. in 
5. under 
6. to 
7. on 
8. on 
9. with 
10. into 
11. into 
12. on 

Exercise 4 – Jumbled Words to Sentences 
(Answers grouped)
1. The boy plays. 
2. The ball is red. 
3. The cat sits on the mat. 
4. The girl has a doll. 
5. She reads a book. 
6. The dog runs. 
7. They eat the apple. 
8. The cat drinks milk. 
9. The tree is big. 
10. The dog sleeps under the table.

Exercise 5 – Sight Word Sentences 
(Answers may vary)
1. Here – Here is my book. 
2. There – There is a dog. 
3. Come – Come with me. 
4. Go – Go to school. 
5. Look – Look at the sky. 
6. See – I see a bird. 
7. Help – Help me please. 
8. Play – I play outside. 
9. This – This is my bag. 
10. That – That is my house.

This worksheet is ideal for classroom grammar lessons, home practice, or guided writing sessions that help children write clearly and confidently.

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