Sentence Types

Check off all the things a compound sentence needs.

• independent clause

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• conjunction (FANBOYS)

• subordinate (SWABI)

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Check off all the things a complex sentence needs.

• independent clause

• independent clause

• dependent clause

• conjunction (FANBOYS)

• subordinate (SWABI)

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Identify all the subordinating conjunctions (SWABI)

• since

• so

• because

• as

• and

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Identify all the coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)

• from

• once

• but

• yet

• now

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

A ____ clause cannot stand on its own as a sentence.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

A simple sentence can have more than one subject or predicate.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

What makes sense?

A complex sentence can have a comma, ___ it doesn't always have to have one.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Across the metal desk, the guidance counselor talked.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

When their birthdays came, the first thing they did was run out and get their barcode tattoo.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.7.1B

Outside, the rain kept pounding, and rivers of water raced across the street.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A