Sentence Variety Summative Test

What three components do all simple sentences have?

• one independent clause, one verb, and one dependent clause

• three main ideas

• Subject, verb, and a complete thought

• three complete thoughts

Write one simple sentence about any topic of your choosing.

Write one simple sentence about two of your classmates. Include a compound subject. Of course, be kind and appropriate.

Write one simple sentence about what you did this week OR last weekend. Include a compound verb.

Carefully read the sentence below and decide which words correctly complete it.

The components of compound sentences are: Two ____________________ clauses joined together by a/an ____________________, and a ____________________ conjunction.

• independent, comma, coordinating

• dependent, comma, subordinating

• independent, apostrophe, subordinating

• dependent, apostrophe, coordinating

Write one compound sentence about any topic of your choosing. Use any coordinating conjunction of your choosing: and, or, but, yet, so

Write one compound sentence about something you need to help you learn. Use any coordinating conjunction of your choosing: and, or, but, yet, so

Carefully read the sentence and decide which list of words correctly complete it.

The components of complex sentences are: a/an ____________________ clause and a/an ____________________ clause joined together by a subordinating conjunction. If the ____________________ conjunction is in the beginning of the sentence, the ____________________ clause must include a/an ____________________.

• dependent, independent; subordinating, dependent, comma

• dependent, independent; coordinating, dependent, apostrophe

Write one complex sentence about something that happened this week OR last weekend. Use any subordinating conjunction of your choice.

A list is provided below to help you:

when, after, before, since, as, during, while, whenever, in case, before, if, until, because, unless, even though, even if, although

Write one complex sentence about a problem in the world. Use any subordinating conjunction of your choice.

A list is provided below to help you:

when, after, before, since, as, during, while, whenever, in case, before, if, until, because, unless, even though, even if, although