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Simplesentences
Asimplesentenceisonewhichcontainsonlyonepiece
ofinformation,ortellsusonlyonething.Ithasone
verb.

Simple,complex,and
compoundsentences

Tommylovedhiscar.
Simonboughtsomenewhairgel.

Amyatethreecakes!
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Compoundsentences

Compoundsentences

Monstersdontexist

Simonboughtnewhairgelbut itdidntworkverywell.
Amyatethreecakesso

Therearechipsforlunch

Iwonteatanymore
crisps.
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Complexsentences

Acomplexsentenceisoneinwhichyouglueextra
information intoasentence.Wecalltheoriginal
sentencethemainclause,andtheextrabitthe
subordinateclause.

Youcantellwhichisthemainclauseandwhichisthe
subordinateclausebecauseamainclausealways
makessenseonitsown,andasubordinateclause
doesnt.

Tommylovedhiscar,whichwasgreen.

Tommylovedhiscar.
Whichwasgreen.

Althoughhetriedhard,Simoncouldntgethishair
right.
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Istilldontlikethedark.
Illtakeanumbrella.

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and
but
so

Itsraininghard

Complexsentences

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oftenhavewetnoses.

Dogsareveryhairy

Tommylovedhiscarandpolishediteveryday.

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areatypeoffruit.

Applesgrowontrees

Acompoundsentenceisoneinwhichyoujointwo
simplesentencestogether.Oftenweusethewords
and,but,orso todothis.Thesewordsarecalled
conjunctions.

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Althoughhetriedhard.
Simoncouldntgethishairright.
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Complexsentences

Complexsentences

Thesubordinateclausecanalsocomeinthe
middleofthesentence.

Underline the subordinate clause.

1. The shops, which were usually lit up, looked
closed today.
2. Despite eating twenty biscuits, Sam was still
hungry.
3. Snuggled up in my dressing gown, I didnt
want to leave the house.

Using lots of hair gel, while making his hair stand

up, didnt seem to get Simon the girl he wanted!

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Simple,compound,or
complex?
1. Thecatstretchedandatehisfood.
2. Onlyapplesgrowonappletrees.
3. Ifyouwanttosucceed,whichImsureyou
do,youwillhavetoworkhard.
4. Thelittledinosaur,smallthoughitwas,still
lookedscarytome!
5. Therattlingsoundseemedtobecoming
frommywastepaperbin.
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