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Sentence Types Practice Worksheet

🎯 WALT (We Are Learning To)

Today we are learning to identify and write simple, compound, and complex sentences.

✅ Success Criteria

I can:

Identify simple sentences

Identify compound sentences

Identify complex sentences

Write my own examples of each sentence type

📚 Sentence Types Guide

Simple Sentence: One complete idea with a subject and verb.
Example: The dog barked loudly.

Compound Sentence: Two complete ideas joined by words like and, but, or, so.
Example: The dog barked loudly, and the cat ran away.

Complex Sentence: One main idea plus one dependent idea that starts with words like because, when, if, although.
Example: The dog barked loudly because it saw a stranger.

🔍 Part 1: Identify the Sentence Type

1. The kangaroo hopped across the field.

Simple

Compound

Complex

2. I wanted to go to the beach, but it started raining.

Simple

Compound

Complex

3. When the bell rang, all the students lined up quietly.

Simple

Compound

Complex

4. The teacher smiled, and the class cheered.

Simple

Compound

Complex

✏️ Part 2: Write Your Own Sentences

5. Write a SIMPLE sentence about your favourite animal:

Scaffolding help: Start with "The [animal]..." or "My [animal]..."

6. Write a COMPOUND sentence using the word "and":

Scaffolding help: Write one complete idea + and + another complete idea

7. Write a COMPLEX sentence starting with "Because":

Scaffolding help: Because [reason], [what happened]

8. Challenge: Write a sentence about school using "but":

Support option: Complete this starter - "I like school, but..."

🌟 Differentiation Support

Need extra help? Use these sentence starters:

• Simple: "The weather today..." / "My friend..."

• Compound: "I love pizza, and..." / "It was cold, so..."

• Complex: "When I get home..." / "Although it was raining..."

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