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SENTENCE TYPES:

Simple, compound and complex

Post as individual slides on your blog:

the slides that are marked with a sun.

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WHAT MAKES A SENTENCE

  • NEEDS THREE THINGS…
    • 1 The words make sense and express a complete thought.
    • 2 It begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark.
    • 3 It contains a predicate, and a subject. The predicate, or verb tells what the subject, or noun, is doing.

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WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?

  • WHAT IS A SIMPLE SENTENCE?
  • The most basic type of sentence is the simple sentence, which contains only one clause. A simple sentence can be as short as one word.

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EXAMPLES OF SIMPLE SENTENCES

  • Melt!
  • Ice melts.
  • The ice melts quickly.
  • The ice on the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.
  • Lying exposed without its blanket of snow, the ice on the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.

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WRITE A SIMPLE SENTENCE FOR THIS PICTURE

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COMPOUND SENTENCES

  • A compound sentence is when you join two sentences together using a conjunction.
  • The most common conjunctions are; and, although, because, but, if, or, thought, where, whether.
  • Conjunctions that indicate time are; before, until, since, when, whenever, while.

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EXAMPLES OF COMPOUND

  • Examples:
  • Amanda wore the red dress and it was dirty .
  • Amanda wore the red dress because it was dirty.
  • Amanda wore the red dress before it was dirty

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WRITE A COMPOUND SENTENCE

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COMPLEX SENTENCES

  • Complex sentences are made up of one main idea that is supported by
  • one or more related ideas. The main ideas does not need to come first.
  • Complex sentences need punctuation, usually commas.

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WHERE DOES THE PUNCTUATION GO?

  • It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan, with his prize held high, paced towards the pier.
  • It was a beautiful summer’s day (probably the hottest that year) as Alan paced towards the pier.
  • It was a beautiful summer’s day as Alan paced -with a bounce in his step- towards the pier.

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WRITE A COMPLEX SENTENCE FOR THE PICTURE.

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WHY DO WE NEED TO USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SENTENCES?

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Can you and your buddy find:

1 good simple sentence

1 good compound sentence

1 good complex sentence

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You are going to have

10 minutes to write

about this picture any

way you want. Try and

remember about simple,

compound and complex

sentences.

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