Simple, Compound and Complex sentences

There are 3 main types of sentences:

• Good, Bad and OK

• Simple, compound and complex

• Formal, informal and casual

• Imaginative, informative and persuasive

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Conjunctions...

• are joining words

• can be found in compound sentences

• include for, and, nor, but, or, yet and so

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Name the sentence type: Curiosity killed the cat.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Name the sentence type: It was getting dark and we were nowhere near home.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Name the sentence type: The car swerved to miss the street sign, which had fallen onto the road.

• Complex

• Compound

• Simple

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

An independent clause...

• contains a subject and a verb

• makes sense on its own

• is part of simple, compound and complex sentences

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A compound sentence contains...

• two dependent clauses

• a dependent and an independent clause

• two independent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

A complex sentence contains...

• two dependent clauses

• two independent clauses

• an independent and a dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

You will have to write one of the following texts:

• Imaginative

• Persuasive

• Informative

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

Rewrite the following sentence without the errors:

adriana was visiting the zoo she was exited to see the new grilla enclosure upclose

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F