Sentence Structure Activity Exercises - SP HL

Activity one: Identifying sentence structures

A reminder of definitions:
• Clause: a group of words containing a subject and a verb
Example: The girl laughed.

• Simple sentence: has an independent clause which is called the

main clause. The main clause can stand on its own as it expresses
a single thought.
Example: My cat turned one.

• Compound sentence: made up of independent clauses which are

joined together by a coordinating conjunction or a colon or semi-
colon.
Example: I like toast and I like crackers.

• Complex sentence: made up of an independent clause and a

dependent cause which are joined together by a subordinating
conjunction or a relative pronoun.
Example: She said she will go if you come too. OR Does anyone
know whose cat this is?

• Compound-complex sentence: made up of at least two independent

clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Example: I cried because the ball hit me, but I recovered quickly.

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Let’s practise what we’ve learned.

Identify the sentence structure of the below sentences (Simple,

Compound, Complex, Compound-complex):
1. I love my new cat.

2. I have never been to the movies, nor have I been to the zoo.

3. Don't leave the restaurant until the dishes are clean.

4. It snows in the winter.

5. Knowing how hungry she could get; they went to the shop, and they
bought snacks for their road trip.

6. I have always wanted to go, so I planned a date.

7. Although I miss my sister so much, I do not have enough money to visit

her.

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8. Does he like to play?

9. I should have known that he disliked me.

10. While I cooked the meal, he went for a walk and saw Stella.

11. The police arrived today.

12. She is still sick, but she is improving.

13. Even after all these years, my dad gets giddy when he sees my mom.

14. She twisted to see which direction it had come from.

15. I once went to the park, and I saw a white squirrel.

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Activity two: Identifying function types of sentences

A reminder of definitions:
• Statement: tells us something.

Example: Your cat has put on a lot of weight.

• Question: enquires about something and ends with a question mark.

Example: What food does your cat eat?

• Command: tells someone to do something

Example: Put your cat on a diet.

• Exclamation: shows strong feeling and ends with an exclamation

point.

Example: Oh my, your cat is fat!

Let’s practise what we’ve learned.

Identify the function types of the below sentences (Statement, Question,

Command, Exclamation):

1. I love eating bananas.

2. Bananas are delicious!

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3. Please, can you pass the peas?

4. I want to go to the shops.

5. Pass the peas.

6. Don’t you dare!

7. What’s your favourite fruit?

8. Sit in that seat.

9. Shall we go to the shops?

10. He sat in my seat!

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11. Can I sit there?

12. Eat bananas every day.

13. Do you want to come with?

14. The shops were insanely busy!

15. That shop sells bananas.

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Sentence Structure Activity Exercises - Memo:
Activity one: Identifying sentence structures
1. Simple
11. Simple
2. Compound
12. Compound
3. Complex
13. Compound-complex
4. Simple
14. Complex
5. Compound-complex
15. Compound
6. Compound
7. Compound-complex
8. Simple
9. Complex
10. Compound-complex

Activity two: Identifying function types of sentences

1. Statement 11. Question
2. Exclamation 12. Command
3. Question 13. Question
4. Statement 14. Exclamation
5. Command 15. Statement
6. Exclamation
7. Question
8. Command
9. Question
10. Exclamation

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