Sentence Structures

Sentence with 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Contains a subject and a predicate.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Contains two or more independent clauses.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Select the subordinating conjunctions.

There are multiple answers.

• that

• silly

• since

• happy

• so

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

True or False: The subordinate conjunction can come at the beginning or middle of a sentence.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the complex sentence and write the subordinating conjunction that joins two related ideas:

When an earthquake happens, you can take steps to be safe.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the complex sentence and write the subordinating conjunction that joins two related ideas:

We saw a wide crack in the ground while we were hiking.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

Read the complex sentence and write the subordinating conjunction that joins two related ideas:

Some cities are prepared for an earthquake because they have so many.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

True or false: An independent clause is a sentence that can NOT stand by itself.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What kind of sentence is this:

This house is too big, and that house is too small.

• Simple Sentence

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E