Simple Compound and Complex Sentence Exercises Phrase or
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentence Exercises
Phrase or Clause? • • • Without supper. Hanging on the wall over the fireplace. Danced in the breeze. No one emptied the trash. Our oven door is broken. Those large white eggs on the table. After my homework was completed. Participating in a game. If I could skate faster. The man in the park. Even though I agreed. Hurried down the lane. Leaves have fallen from the trees.
FANBOYS! Let’s make some sentences compound • I couldn’t go to the football game , for • • , a , nor , b , o , y. s ; I am not allowed on the computer.
Combine simple sentences pairs to make compound sentences • The three little bears prepared their breakfast. Their porridge was too hot to eat. • Goldilocks was scampering through the woods. She saw the Bear family’s house. • Goldilocks noticed the door to the bear’s house was open. She decided to peek inside. • Her mother always told her not to just enter someone’s home. She should never take anything that doesn’t belong to her
Generate 6 complex sentences using these dependent clauses (DC). Use any 3 (DC) at the beginning of the sentences and any 3 (DC) in the middle of the sentence. • Without supper • After my homework was completed • Even though I agreed • Until I travel to New York City • Since there is no class on Monday • While we were fishing at the lake Examples: Little Joey went to bed without supper. While we were fishing at the lake, my older brother and sister went hiking.
Identify each as simple, compound or complex • Sara quit the basketball team although they were winning. • We visited Africa, and I went to a pig roast. • The oranges and apples on the tree look delicious. • The police arrive, and they asked many questions. • Even if I am asked by my friend, I will not attend the dance. • Bob and Marie study together. • The astronauts left the vehicle after the solar panel failed.
Complete the sentences as instructed • 1. (Simple) Ernie ran_________________. • 2. (Compound) Ernie ran______________. • 3. (Complex) Ernie ran_______________. • 4. (Compound) The car cost $1, 000 to repair_________. • 5. (Complex) After the show was over_____________.
Goal: Distinguish between simple, compound, and complex sentences. • Goal: Distinguish between simple, compound and complex sentences. • Activity: Compose sentences that fit the criteria for the various sentence types for YOUR ASSIGNED PART of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. • Scenes to write about: Write AT LEAST one of each type of sentence to explain your scene in the story • 1. Bears go for a walk while the porridge cools off A, B, C • 2. Goldilocks is out for a walk. Sees the bears home and is curious about who lives there. She enters the house. D, E, F • 3. She checks out the kitchen and the porridge. G, H, I • 4. She checks out the living room and the furniture. I, J, K • 5. She checks out the bedroom and the beds L, M, N • 6. Bears come home and see the mess in the kitchen O, P, Q • 7. Bears see the evidence that someone was in the living room R, S, T • 8. Bears see that the intruder is sleeping in one of the beds T, U, V • 9. They confront Goldilocks and……(what happens next? ! W, X, Y, Z
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